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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. In one case of a wife who dominated her husband in Chapter 7, if a caller on the phone wouldn't announce who they were she would do what?
(a) Hang up.
(b) Cry.
(c) Accuse her husband of adultery.
(d) Scream.

2. Haley observes that there are repercussions throughout the family system (meaning people of the families that led up to this union are affected by the turn of events) when what occurs?
(a) The death of a parent.
(b) The death of a grandparent.
(c) The arrival of offspring.
(d) The intersection of families.

3. When Erickson did work long-term with a patient, he would change up the _____ of the appointments.
(a) Meeting-place.
(b) Duration.
(c) Expectations.
(d) Frequency.

4. Erickson worked to encourage a girl in Chapter 8 to voice her criticisms of her mother and re-work her perception of her father's behaviors, which included some incorrect perceptions regarding the parents' _______ .
(a) Dominance.
(b) Sexual difficulties.
(c) Hospitalization.
(d) Overbearing-ness.

5. In the case where the husband has threatened to kill his wife unless she gives birth to a child of the gender he wants, Erickson recommends the couple do what?
(a) See a geneticist.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Don't have children.
(d) Get an ultrasound.

Short Answer Questions

1. For some parents the transition from being a parent into _________ actually makes it easier for over involved parents to let go of their own offspring.

2. The case studies in Chapter 6 show that there do not seem to be any __________ of Erickson's use of amnesia.

3. In what year was the book published?

4. Haley notes in Chapter 8 that people may or may not recognize that they need to be _______ their own children.

5. Haley begins Chapter 8 by explaining that the way therapy is conducted has progressed in a leap and that ____ signifies the change from recognizing that problems within a family are just that.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Erickson feel regarding psychiatric medication?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Erickson state regarding seeing only one spouse in a marriage?

7. What is stated regarding substance abuse in Chapter 7?

8. With the daughter who is in the accident and whose parents are obsessive, what does Erickson discover?

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

10. How does Haley describe Erickson asserting his masculinity as a doctor in Chapter 7?

(see the answer keys)

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