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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Haley states in Chapter 8 that great dramas are enacted when the dynamic between the parents has grown ______ in any way on their relationships with the offspring.
(a) Despairing.
(b) Dependent.
(c) Detached.
(d) Despondent.

2. The 19th-century method was to treat a patient in what way?
(a) On an individual basis.
(b) Within the hospital.
(c) With the family.
(d) By hypnosis.

3. For those who glorify ______, older years may have a more difficult psychological impact.
(a) Childhood.
(b) Youth culture.
(c) Early family life.
(d) Babies.

4. Erickson would combine acceptance of the patient's condition upon entering treatment with hypnosis and ______ modes of intervention.
(a) Invasive.
(b) Therapeutic.
(c) Non-hypnotic.
(d) Massage.

5. The case study in Chapter 8 of the girl with body issues concludes showing this young woman succeeds in marrying but not without a conflict about whether to do what regarding her mother?
(a) Speak to her again.
(b) Invite her to the wedding.
(c) Allow her to see her grandchildren.
(d) Introduce her to her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. The dynamic between the parents of the child with the sore was affected because they paid attention to ______ in relation to the chores in a different way.

2. Erickson relieves a severely injured old man of pain but further enables him to recover greatly from what in Chapter 9?

3. Erickson's use of hypnosis is shown through these case studies to be ______.

4. Erickson gently refuses to help the man who had the stroke again in Chapter 9, claiming that even though it worked before, her husband is probably _____for his therapy to be effective.

5. The purpose of the therapeutic interventions in Chapter 7 are to provide some _______ regarding the entire situation.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Erickson work to help an elderly man walk in Chapter 9?

2. How do Erickson's methods differ than those of the 19th century?

3. One daughter seeks help from Erickson regarding overbearing parents in Chapter 8. Describe this example.

4. Describe the case of the 8-year-old terror, which is provided in Chapter 6.

5. Describe the case in Chapter 6 in which the mother is ultimately left out following post-partum depression.

6. What does Haley say of children leaving the nest in Chapter 8?

7. According to Erickson, what affects a person's happiness in approaching old age?

8. In what ways does Erickson see patients he no longer counseled?

9. How does Erickson use not siding with one family member as a technique?

10. Describe the case of the schizophrenic daughter Erickson treats for family issues in Chapter 8.

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