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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Weaning Parents from Children.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Part of Erickson's method is not to ________. This is described as being on the service of truth and unity even though it may sound artificial. He does this consistently as a rule of thumb.
(a) Tell the immediate truth.
(b) See the entire family.
(c) See one patient solely.
(d) Uniformly side with the same family member.

2. There are numerous cases referred to in Chapter 6. One is about a sore that festered for how long?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Six years.
(d) One year.

3. Which technique is rooted in two ideas: that at least many unconscious motives are beneficial and that positive reinforcement is most effective in influencing behavior?
(a) "Seeding Ideas".
(b) "Encouraging Resistance".
(c) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(d) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".

4. Erickson is truthful to the client. This includes acknowledging that the pain or other problem may what?
(a) Continue for some time.
(b) Involve the pain of others.
(c) Become a bigger problem.
(d) Never go away.

5. After Harold has acquired better habits of dress, he begins to spontaneously seek ______ and to get it.
(a) Education.
(b) Boyfriends.
(c) Girlfriends.
(d) Better work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Haley writes of a case in Chapter 5 in which a new mother was so distraught that she was hospitalized; the trouble was that in some cases, the receipt of treatment is used by others in the greater familial context as what?

2. Erickson claims that when a husband and wife where _____ of each other, it was best to see them together.

3. Erickson's use of intentional forms of amnesia as part of the trance is done in order to _________ and to empower individuals to make certain changes.

4. Which heading in Chapter 1 cultivates a response until a goal is reached?

5. If a couple is able to remain civil and reasonably safe and sane in their fighting, Erickson ______.

(see the answer key)

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