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

2. Erickson feels that when the circumstances of a patient need to be changed, it is wrong to prevent healthy growth by substituting ______ for good therapy.
(a) Family treatment.
(b) Friendly advice.
(c) Sedatives.
(d) Self-help books.

3. The therapist prescribes a specific course of action with the boy with behavioral problems in Chapter 6. With his direction and his assurance that her son is not being put in danger from doing so, the mother spends an entire day doing what?
(a) Leaving her son in a locked closet.
(b) Spanking her son.
(c) Sitting on her son.
(d) Yelling at her son.

4. Erickson accepted a client, a young woman who was living with her parents at an age when many other people's children had left home. She had been in a car accident and after recovering had undergone months of what?
(a) Extensive therapy.
(b) Hypnotists.
(c) Surgery.
(d) Physical therapy.

5. Erickson's use of hypnosis is shown through these case studies to be ______.
(a) Abrasive.
(b) Highly effective.
(c) Invasive.
(d) Somewhat effective.

Short Answer Questions

1. Solving problems associated with alcohol, prescription tranquilizer, and illegal drug use are all included in what chapter?

2. In one example in Chapter 8, a girl's _______ needed improvement, and she needed to lose a lot of weight.

3. Where was the man from whom Erickson helped to walk in Chapter 9?

4. 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?

5. Erickson at times uses his own what to facilitate the husband's willingness to meet the therapist and to experience some therapy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Haley write of dominance in marriage?

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

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

4. What does Erickson say regarding becoming grandparents in the life cycle?

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

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

7. How does Erickson feel regarding psychiatric medication?

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

9. What is Erickson's approach to the family "as a group"?

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

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