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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which heading in Chapter 1 involves subjective aspects of time?
(a) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(b) "Encouraging Resistance".
(c) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(d) "The Use of Space and Position".

2. One of the most prominent facts about Chapter 5 is that what early in a marriage are a common and readily treatable problem?
(a) Compatibility issues.
(b) Sexual difficulties.
(c) Dominance difficulties.
(d) Financial worries.

3. Erickson's therapy includes and involves helping the _____ patients to overcome their fears surrounding dating issues.
(a) Adolescent.
(b) Homosexual.
(c) Adult.
(d) Child.

4. It is stated in In Chapter 2 that some, but not all, will naturally ________; others will not. This evidently affects the culture.
(a) Divorce.
(b) Leave the nest.
(c) Mate for life.
(d) Be homosexual.

5. The first heading of Chapter 1 is titled _____________; wherein, the individual in therapy is re-educated to view resistance as a form of cooperation in its own right.
(a) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(b) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(c) "Encouraging Resistance".
(d) "Providing a Worse Alternative".

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. Once he overcomes the severe effects of the poverty of his childhood, Harold manages to develop a new habit of __________.

3. In one example in Chapter 3, a client's intense fear is eventually overcome by Erickson's encouragement and relating to the patient's _____.

4. Addressing their fears and insecurities while helping them to make some needed _______ are all part of the therapy for those who want this.

5. Voluntary and involuntary behavior is discussed to show how therapeutic techniques transform an individual into being able to perform certain ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Haley's description of "Middle Marriage Difficulties"?

2. What are Erickson's primary goals in couple's therapy?

3. How does Erickson address Harold's issues with women?

4. How does Erickson approach conducting sessions with couples?

5. What does Haley write about the institution of marriage in the beginning of Chapter 5?

6. How does Erickson approach the sexual orientation of the client in Chapter 4?

7. How does Erickson deal with an adolescent's fears and insecurities in the courtship period?

8. What are some of the prominent issues in marriages as Haley suggests in Chapter 5?

9. What is the purpose of therapy in Haley's opinion as it relates to the phases?

10. Discuss Erickson's methods of frustration, space, and emphasizing the positive.

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