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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. Erickson notes in Chapter 8 that when you start defending "my rights," you become a what?
2. Erickson restricts himself to the truth, which Haley points out as a means that distinguishes him from those seeking to be _____ rather than those who are forthright and have an interest in the welfare of the client.
3. Knowledge of Erickson's inaccurate perceptions of the husband has been intentionally sent home through whom/what?
4. Erickson relieves a severely injured old man of pain but further enables him to recover greatly from what in Chapter 9?
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. Describe the outcome of the example from Chapter 6 in which a child has a sore which festered for 2 years.
2. How does Erickson use not siding with one family member as a technique?
3. How do Erickson's techniques vary with different clients?
4. How does Erickson feel regarding psychiatric medication?
5. What does Erickson focus on with new mothers facing post-partum depression?
6. Describe the case of the schizophrenic daughter Erickson treats for family issues in Chapter 8.
7. Describe Haley's point of view in writing this book.
8. What is done with the teenage daughter who knows a family secret in Chapter 8?
9. Describe the case of the 8-year-old terror, which is provided in Chapter 6.
10. What does Haley say of children leaving the nest in Chapter 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Erickson's technique of "emphasizing the positive" and give examples where this technique is used in case studies from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Describe Erickson's technique of "providing a worse alternative" and give examples where this technique is used in case studies from the text.
Essay Topic 3
How does childbirth throw the entire family structure into a form of crisis? What ways does Erickson use to assist families in this transition?
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