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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. In what year was the book published?

2. Once Erickson helped the family of the boy with the sore, it cured the boy of his festering sore and the _______ behavior that had accompanied it.

3. A great part of the therapist's role is to supply _______ over one or more people in a temporary manner to facilitate a cure or other effective treatment of a problem.

4. One example in Chapter 8 is a case where a teenager is _______ because she relates the fact that her mother has been having an affair with a local wealthy man.

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Haley write of dominance in marriage?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the case in Chapter 6 in which the mother is ultimately left out following post-partum depression.

7. What does Erickson focus on with new mothers facing post-partum depression?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 Haley describe the roots of schizophrenia in the book? How might these be tied to the family? Does modern science support this?

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