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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the patient Mesmer took in Chapter 8?
2. For people who have a healthy and integrated sense of every stage of life, are surrounded by friends, and well enough ____, the final phase of life can be quite pleasurable and go on for decades.
3. 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.
4. The husband who threatens to kill his wife about the gender of their child is of what occupation?
5. Erickson claims that when a husband and wife where _____ of each other, it was best to see them together.
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the outcome of the example from Chapter 6 in which a child has a sore which festered for 2 years.
2. How do Erickson's methods differ than those of the 19th century?
3. What does Haley say of children leaving the nest in Chapter 8?
4. How does Erickson use not siding with one family member as a technique?
5. What does Erickson state regarding seeing only one spouse in a marriage?
6. What does Erickson focus on with new mothers facing post-partum depression?
7. What is Erickson's approach to the family "as a group"?
8. Describe the case of the 8-year-old terror, which is provided in Chapter 6.
9. One daughter seeks help from Erickson regarding overbearing parents in Chapter 8. Describe this example.
10. How does Erickson work to help an elderly man walk in Chapter 9?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What problems are often encountered when parents face children leaving home to lead adult lives? How does Erickson involve the entire family in these therapy sessions?
Essay Topic 2
How does childbirth throw the entire family structure into a form of crisis? What ways does Erickson use to assist families in this transition?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Erickson's technique of "causing change by communicating in metaphor" and give examples where this technique is used in case studies from the text.
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