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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Perhaps one case from Chapter 6 did not want to be a mother but had no recourse other than to plead a kind of insanity so that the others would take control from her, or she possibly was mentally ill. What was she labeled with?
(a) Borderline personality disorder.
(b) Bipolar disorder.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Epilepsy.

2. Erickson believes that normally, the problem extends beyond the substance abuser and what is needed is actually a change of what?
(a) Friends.
(b) Surroundings.
(c) Circumstances.
(d) Habituated behavior.

3. The parents in one example in Chapter 8 were so competitive, that one of the parents had spent a week in the same town where the daughter lived for the sole purpose of helping the daughter do what?
(a) Get to therapy.
(b) Do laundry.
(c) Do her homework.
(d) Call home.

4. 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) Sedatives.
(b) Family treatment.
(c) Friendly advice.
(d) Self-help books.

5. What is the name of the man whom Erickson treats in Chapter 8 who had lost 80 lbs. in 6 months?
(a) Sean.
(b) Herbert.
(c) Steven.
(d) Harold.

6. Haley observes that there are repercussions throughout the family system (meaning people of the families that led up to this union are affected by the turn of events) when what occurs?
(a) The intersection of families.
(b) The arrival of offspring.
(c) The death of a grandparent.
(d) The death of a parent.

7. The case study in Chapter 8 involving the girl with body issues follows the therapist's instructions to for the daughter to insist upon ______ from the mother as the condition for the presence.
(a) Respectful behavior.
(b) Positivism.
(c) Silence.
(d) False pleasantries.

8. Erickson notes in Chapter 8 that when you start defending "my rights," you become a what?
(a) Friend.
(b) Ally.
(c) Patient.
(d) Confidant.

9. Solving problems associated with alcohol, prescription tranquilizer, and illegal drug use are all included in what chapter?
(a) Chapter 9.
(b) Chapter 6.
(c) Chapter 2.
(d) Chapter 7.

10. It stated in Chapter 7 that Erickson recognized that normally the problem was indicative not only of a trouble with _____ but also in social conditions and other influences.
(a) The family.
(b) The friends.
(c) The patient.
(d) The parents.

11. In one case of a wife who dominated her husband in Chapter 7, if a caller on the phone wouldn't announce who they were she would do what?
(a) Accuse her husband of adultery.
(b) Cry.
(c) Scream.
(d) Hang up.

12. Erickson cites examples of a couple that ceased to have an alcohol problem when they did what on weekends?
(a) Went to restaurants.
(b) Went camping.
(c) Went driving.
(d) Went shopping.

13. 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?
(a) See a geneticist.
(b) Don't have children.
(c) Get an ultrasound.
(d) Divorce.

14. In order to heal the sore on a child's body in the example in Chapter 6, it was necessary for the boy's father to take over what?
(a) His social arrangements.
(b) His schooling.
(c) Performing his son's domestic chores.
(d) His homework.

15. Erickson claims that when a husband and wife where _____ of each other, it was best to see them together.
(a) Insecure.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Loving.
(d) Neglectful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erickson would combine acceptance of the patient's condition upon entering treatment with hypnosis and ______ modes of intervention.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Chapter 7 includes examples of when one partner's ______ behavior has disturbed the sexual life of the couple.

5. Haley states in Chapter 8 that great dramas are enacted when the dynamic between the parents has grown ______ in any way on their relationships with the offspring.

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