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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. Erickson notes in Chapter 8 that when you start defending "my rights," you become a what?
(a) Friend.
(b) Confidant.
(c) Ally.
(d) Patient.

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

3. Erickson would use his position to effect a beneficial ______ that leaves the couple reoriented into their new and improved dynamic and empowers them to go back to leaving out the therapist.
(a) Contact.
(b) Association.
(c) Contraception.
(d) Intervention.

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

5. Erickson notes that long-term therapy of only one partner in a marriage makes the marriage what?
(a) Unnatural.
(b) Happy.
(c) Content.
(d) Strangled.

Short Answer Questions

1. It stated in Chapter 7 that Erickson recognized that normally the problem was indicative not only of a trouble with _____ but also in social conditions and other influences.

2. In the case of the child with the sore, Erickson took personal responsibility to mimic addressing what that should have been covered by the parents?

3. Knowledge of Erickson's inaccurate perceptions of the husband has been intentionally sent home through whom/what?

4. Part of Erickson's method is not to ________. This is described as being on the service of truth and unity even though it may sound artificial. He does this consistently as a rule of thumb.

5. Chapter 7 deals with issues of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is done with the teenage daughter who knows a family secret in Chapter 8?

2. Describe the outcome of the example from Chapter 6 in which a child has a sore which festered for 2 years.

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

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

5. In the ending of the book, why does the Prussian man's wife contact Erickson?

6. What is the standard method Erickson has for accepting clients?

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

8. How does Erickson feel regarding psychiatric medication?

9. Describe Haley's point of view in writing this book.

10. What does Haley write of dominance in marriage?

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