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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. Erickson writes of withholding and sharing information and of how he succeeds in curing a young woman of pain she experiences during ______.
(a) Menstruation.
(b) Childbirth.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Intercourse.

2. Haley writes of one case in which a woman was directly threatened with death by her husband over what?
(a) Her spending.
(b) Her family.
(c) The gender of their baby.
(d) Her infidelity.

3. Harold's experience with his first relationship was so good that he voluntarily reconsidered his own views and chose to do what?
(a) Have children.
(b) Have a sex change.
(c) Pursue women.
(d) Pursue men.

4. Erickson's type of reinforcement in the example in Chapter 3 was incredibly effective and the _____ fell from the forefront into the background of the client's life.
(a) Asthma.
(b) Appendicitis.
(c) Headaches.
(d) Arrhythmia.

5. In one scenario in Chapter 5, Erickson was ignorant in matters of baby gender prediction, but he did recommend _____ to avert disaster.
(a) Divorce.
(b) Institutionalization.
(c) Separation.
(d) Medication.

Short Answer Questions

1. Haley states in Chapter 2, there is a need for the ______ to make a major adjustment towards the relationship of another family member but also to another family.

2. 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.

3. Haley points out that Erickson had suffered from _____ twice and had been debilitated by it/them.

4. One client in Chapter 5 received therapy for a few months and then simply lost or stuffed down her symptoms and is written of as having _______ since.

5. Hypnosis is described as a special way of _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. In the case where a woman is hospitalized in Chapter 5, what issues does she face with her in-laws?

2. How does Haley describe Erickson's approach to adolescents in Chapter 3?

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

4. How did Erickson use positive reinforcement in the asthmatic patient example from Chapter 3?

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

6. What is remarked by Haley regarding a "love triangle" in Chapter 2?

7. Give an example of a case where trance was used by Erickson in Chapter 5.

8. How long does the therapy process last working with Erickson?

9. What does Jay Haley remark about Erickson's contribution to the progression of psychotherapy in the beginning of the book?

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

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