CUET UG Booster Psychology Therapeutic Approaches Unit 5 Test ( M 4 ) -

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CUET UG Booster Psychology Therapeutic Approaches Unit 5 Test ( M 5 )

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CUET UG Booster Psychology Therapeutic Approaches Unit 5 Test ( M 5 )

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A client feels fragmented and disconnected from their core identity due to immense pressure from their family. According to humanistic therapy, what innate force, necessary to become balanced and integrated, is being frustrated here?

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1 A client feels fragmented and disconnected from their core identity due to immense pressure from their family. According to humanistic therapy, what innate force, necessary to become balanced and integrated, is being frustrated here?

A Unconditional positive regard

B Self-actualisation

C Meaning making

D Empathy

💡 Short Explanation

Humanistic therapy emphasizes inner growth. Self-actualisation creates balance and integration. External pressure may block growth.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Humanistic therapy states that individuals naturally strive toward self-actualisation, which helps them become psychologically integrated and fulfilled.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Unconditional regard is therapist acceptance.
Option C → Meaning making belongs to existential therapy.
Option D → Empathy is understanding another’s perspective.

🎯 Strategy

Situation-Based Interpretation

Application:

�� Identify the blocked humanistic need.

Final Logic:

�� Frustrated growth = blocked self-actualisation.

🧠 Memory Trick

Growth blocked = self-actualisation frustrated.

2 Consider the following statements regarding personal growth in humanistic therapies:
Statement I: It aims to resolve intrapsychic conflicts originating in childhood.
Statement II: It is the process of gaining increasing understanding of oneself, aspirations, emotions, and motives.

A Only Statement I is correct

B Only Statement II is correct

C Both statements are correct

D Neither statement is correct

💡 Short Explanation

Humanistic therapy emphasizes self-understanding. Childhood conflict belongs to psychoanalysis. Personal growth increases awareness.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Personal growth in humanistic therapy involves understanding oneself more deeply. Intrapsychic childhood conflict is emphasized in psychodynamic therapy, not humanistic therapy.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Statement I is incorrect.
Option C → Statement I invalidates the option.
Option D → Statement II is correct.

🎯 Strategy

Concept Validation

Application:

�� Distinguish humanistic therapy from psychodynamic theory.

Final Logic:

�� Humanism focuses on growth, not unconscious conflict.

🧠 Memory Trick

Humanism = self-growth.

3 According to humanistic-existential therapy, what is the consequence when society and family curb free emotional expression?

A It leads to destructive behaviour by thwarting emotional integration.

B It ensures the safe unleashing of creative forces.

C It helps the individual conform successfully to vocational training.

D It guarantees self-actualisation.

💡 Short Explanation

Emotional suppression harms integration. Blocked emotions may create distress. Humanistic therapy values free expression.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Humanistic-existential therapy believes suppressing emotions disrupts emotional integration and may contribute to destructive behaviour.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option B → Emotional suppression does not unleash creativity.
Option C → Vocational conformity is unrelated.
Option D → Suppression prevents self-growth.

🎯 Strategy

Statement-Based Interpretation

Application:

�� Identify the consequence of emotional suppression.

Final Logic:

�� Blocked expression harms emotional health.

🧠 Memory Trick

Suppressed emotions create distress.

4 To facilitate a non-judgmental setting, Client-centred therapy uses reflection, achieved by _________ the statements of the client to enhance meaning.

A Disputing

B Ignoring

C Rephrasing

D Criticising

💡 Short Explanation

Reflection clarifies client feelings. Rephrasing enhances understanding. Client-centred therapy avoids criticism.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Client-centred therapists use reflection by rephrasing client statements to clarify meaning and encourage deeper self-exploration.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Disputing belongs to RET.
Option B → Ignoring weakens communication.
Option D → Criticism violates non-judgment.

🎯 Strategy

Fill-in-the-Blank Recognition

Application:

�� Identify the reflection technique.

Final Logic:

�� Reflection occurs through rephrasing.

🧠 Memory Trick

Reflection = rephrasing feelings.

5 A therapist reminds a client about the immediacy of the present, actively discourages transference, and helps them discover the truth of their current existence. This therapeutic environment facilitates:

A Aversive conditioning

B Meaning making

C Systematic desensitisation

D Reciprocal inhibition

💡 Short Explanation

Existential therapy focuses on present existence. Clients discover purpose and truth. Meaning reduces existential distress.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Existential therapy emphasizes present experiences and helps clients discover meaning and authenticity in life.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Aversive conditioning is behavioural.
Option C → Systematic desensitisation treats phobias.
Option D → Reciprocal inhibition belongs to behaviour therapy.

🎯 Strategy

Situation-Based Interpretation

Application:

�� Identify the existential therapeutic goal.

Final Logic:

�� Present-focused exploration leads to meaning making.

🧠 Memory Trick

Existential therapy searches for meaning.

6 Identify the incorrect statement concerning responsibility in existential therapy.

A The client has the freedom to control their own behaviour.

B The therapist guides the client but the client is responsible for the success of therapy.

C The therapist is merely a facilitator and guide.

D The therapist takes responsibility for solving the client\'s problems.

💡 Short Explanation

Existential therapy emphasizes personal responsibility. Therapists guide rather than control. Clients must take ownership of choices.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Existential therapy believes the client is responsible for choices and behavioural change, while the therapist acts only as a facilitator.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Freedom is central in existentialism.
Option B → Client responsibility is emphasized.
Option C → Therapists guide rather than direct.

🎯 Strategy

Odd One Out

Application:

�� Identify the statement contradicting existential principles.

Final Logic:

�� Clients, not therapists, are responsible for change.

🧠 Memory Trick

Existentialism = personal responsibility.

7 According to Frankl\'s Logotherapy, trace the sequence of how existential distress originates:
1. Problems of life are attached to physical, psychological, or spiritual aspects.
2. Neurotic anxieties of spiritual origin arise.
3. This leads to a sense of meaninglessness in life.

A 2 → 1 → 3

B 1 → 2 → 3

C 3 → 2 → 1

D 1 → 3 → 2

💡 Short Explanation

Life problems affect spiritual well-being. Spiritual anxiety develops next. Meaninglessness follows eventually.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Frankl explained that problems affecting life domains may create spiritual anxiety, eventually resulting in feelings of meaninglessness.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Anxiety follows life problems.
Option C → Meaninglessness develops later.
Option D → Spiritual anxiety precedes meaninglessness.

🎯 Strategy

Sequence Analysis

Application:

�� Follow the development of existential distress.

Final Logic:

�� Problems → spiritual anxiety → meaninglessness.

🧠 Memory Trick

Anxiety grows from unresolved life problems.

8 Evaluate the following statements regarding life meaning in Logotherapy:
Statement I: Logotherapy encourages patients to find meaning in life only when circumstances are favourable.
Statement II: The therapist shares their own feelings, values, and existence with the client to facilitate meaning finding.

A Only Statement I is correct

B Only Statement II is correct

C Both statements are correct

D Neither statement is correct

💡 Short Explanation

Meaning can be found even during suffering. Therapists may share existential experiences. Logotherapy values authenticity.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Frankl believed meaning can be discovered even under difficult circumstances. Therapists may authentically engage with clients to help facilitate meaning.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Statement I is incorrect because meaning is not limited to favourable situations.
Other options incorrectly validate Statement I.

🎯 Strategy

Concept Validation

Application:

�� Evaluate principles of Logotherapy.

Final Logic:

�� Meaning exists even during suffering.

🧠 Memory Trick

Meaning survives adversity.

9 Arrange the logical order of how empathy builds the therapeutic relationship in Client-Centred Therapy:
1. The therapist acts as a facilitator for the client to become her/his real self.
2. Empathy sets up an emotional resonance.
3. The client feels secure enough to explore her/his feelings.

A 1, 2, 3

B 2, 3, 1

C 3, 1, 2

D 1, 3, 2

💡 Short Explanation

Empathy creates emotional connection. Safety encourages self-exploration. Facilitation promotes authentic growth.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Empathy first creates emotional resonance, helping the client feel secure enough to explore emotions, after which the therapist facilitates self-growth.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Emotional resonance develops first.
Option C → Facilitation follows empathy.
Option D → Client security precedes deeper facilitation.

🎯 Strategy

Sequence Analysis

Application:

�� Trace the development of therapeutic empathy.

Final Logic:

�� Empathy → safety → growth.

🧠 Memory Trick

Empathy creates openness.

10 A therapist shows warmth to a client regardless of the client admitting to doing \"wrong\" things. This unique warmth, ensuring the client feels secure, is known as:

A Sympathy

B Unconditional positive regard

C Transference

D Cognitive distortion

💡 Short Explanation

Acceptance remains unconditional. Therapists avoid judgment. Warmth promotes security and trust.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Unconditional positive regard refers to accepting and valuing the client regardless of behaviour or disclosures.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Sympathy differs from acceptance.
Option C → Transference involves emotional projection.
Option D → Cognitive distortion is faulty thinking.

🎯 Strategy

Situation-Based Interpretation

Application:

�� Identify the client-centred principle described.

Final Logic:

�� Acceptance without conditions defines unconditional regard.

🧠 Memory Trick

Accept the person completely.

11 Category: Gestalt Therapy
Match the following features of Gestalt Therapy with their correct descriptions:

List I	List II
1. Gestalt	A. German word meaning “whole”
2. Goal of therapy	B. Increasing self-awareness and self-acceptance
3. Therapist’s method	C. Encouraging acting out of fantasies
4. Here-and-now focus	D. Emphasis on present experiences

A 1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-D

B 1-C, 2-A, 3-B, 4-D

C 1-B, 2-C, 3-A, 4-D

D 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D

💡 Short Explanation

�� Gestalt means \"whole.\" �� Therapy aims at self-awareness and self-acceptance. �� Present-moment experience is emphasized.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Gestalt is a German word meaning \"whole\" (1-A). → The goal of Gestalt Therapy is increasing self-awareness and self-acceptance (2-B). → Therapists often encourage acting out fantasies, dialogues, and unfinished situations (3-C). → Gestalt Therapy strongly focuses on present experiences or the \"here-and-now\" (4-D). → Therefore, the correct matching is 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

�� Option B → Incorrectly matches Gestalt and therapy goals.
�� Option C → Incorrectly assigns the meaning of Gestalt and therapist methods.
�� Option A → Goal of therapy and therapist\'s method are reversed.

🎯 Strategy

Application:

�� Match each Gestalt concept with its defining characteristic.

Final Logic:

�� Whole → Awareness → Acting Out → Present Focus.

🧠 Memory Trick

Gestalt = Whole + Here & Now.

12 Which statement is incorrect regarding emotional expression in Gestalt Therapy?

A It helps the client recognise bodily processes.

B It brings out emotions that are blocked from awareness.

C It relies heavily on non-directive questioning to dispute irrational beliefs.

D It can be used effectively in group settings.

💡 Short Explanation

�� Gestalt focuses on awareness and expression. �� Blocked emotions are brought into awareness. �� Disputing irrational beliefs belongs to cognitive therapies.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Emotional expression in Gestalt Therapy helps clients become aware of bodily sensations, feelings, and unfinished emotional experiences. → It facilitates the expression of emotions that are outside conscious awareness. → It is often used effectively in group therapy settings. → However, disputing irrational beliefs through questioning is a feature of Rational Emotive Therapy and Cognitive Therapy, not Gestalt Therapy. → Therefore, Option C is incorrect.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

�� Option A → Correctly describes increased awareness of bodily processes.
�� Option B → Correctly reflects uncovering blocked emotions.
�� Option D → Gestalt techniques are frequently used in groups.

🎯 Strategy

Application:

�� Identify the option belonging to a different therapeutic approach.

Final Logic:

�� Irrational-belief disputation belongs to RET, not Gestalt.

🧠 Memory Trick

Gestalt = Feel, Not Dispute.

13 After the first two sessions, a client feels significantly relieved simply because they were able to talk extensively about their ongoing marital distress to a professional. This specific healing factor is termed:

A Meaning making

B Catharsis

C Modelling

D Positive reinforcement

💡 Short Explanation

�� Emotional release produces relief. �� Expression reduces internal tension. �� Talking itself can be therapeutic.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Catharsis refers to emotional unburdening achieved through expressing thoughts and feelings. → The client experiences relief after openly discussing marital problems. → The therapeutic benefit comes from emotional expression rather than advice or behaviour change. → Therefore, the healing factor described is Catharsis.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

�� Option A → Meaning making involves finding purpose or understanding experiences.
�� Option C → Modelling involves learning through observation.
�� Option D → Positive reinforcement strengthens behaviour through rewards.

🎯 Strategy

Application:

�� Focus on the emotional relief obtained from talking.

Final Logic:

�� Emotional Expression → Relief = Catharsis.

🧠 Memory Trick

Catharsis = Cry, Talk, Relief.

14 Consider the following statements about the therapeutic alliance:
Statement I: It is a permanent and lasting relationship between client and therapist.
Statement II: It has a contractual nature and a limited duration.

A Only Statement I is correct

B Only Statement II is correct

C Both statements are correct

D Neither statement is correct

💡 Short Explanation

�� Therapeutic relationships are professional. �� They are goal-oriented and time-limited. �� They are not permanent relationships.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The therapeutic alliance is a professional relationship established to help achieve treatment goals. → It is contractual in nature and generally limited to the treatment period. → Statement I is incorrect because therapy is not intended to be a permanent relationship. → Statement II correctly describes its professional and time-bound nature.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

�� Option A → Statement I is incorrect.
�� Option C → Both statements are not correct.
�� Option D → Statement II is clearly correct.

🎯 Strategy

Application:

�� Distinguish between professional and personal relationships.

Final Logic:

�� Professional + Limited Duration = Statement II Correct.

🧠 Memory Trick

Therapy = Temporary Partnership.

15 A practitioner shares a client’s private disclosures with the client\'s employer without permission. Which fundamental ethical standard is being directly violated?

A Professional competence

B Confidentiality

C Informed consent

D Alternative therapy

💡 Short Explanation

�� Client information must remain private. �� Disclosure requires permission. �� Trust is central to therapy.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Confidentiality requires therapists to protect private client information. → Sharing disclosures with an employer without permission breaches this ethical obligation. → Such actions can damage trust and harm the therapeutic relationship. → Therefore, confidentiality is directly violated.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

�� Option A → Competence refers to professional skill and training.
�� Option C → Informed consent concerns voluntary agreement before treatment.
�� Option D → Alternative therapy is unrelated to ethical disclosure.

🎯 Strategy

Application:

�� Focus on the privacy aspect of the situation.

Final Logic:

�� Unauthorized Sharing = Breach of Confidentiality.

🧠 Memory Trick

Secret Shared = Confidentiality Broken.

16 Identify the incorrect statement regarding professional competence in psychotherapy:

A Psychotherapy requires practical training under expert supervision.

B An untrained person may unintentionally cause more harm than good.

C Professional competence and skills are essential ethical standards.

D Anybody with basic empathy can practice psychotherapy professionally.

💡 Short Explanation

�� Empathy alone is insufficient. �� Training and supervision are essential. �� Competence protects clients.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Professional psychotherapy requires specialized education, supervised practice, and ethical competence. → While empathy is important, it cannot replace professional training. → Untrained individuals may mismanage psychological difficulties and cause harm. → Therefore, Option D is incorrect.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

�� Option A → Correctly reflects professional training requirements.
�� Option B → Correctly identifies risks of inadequate training.
�� Option C → Professional competence is an essential ethical standard.

🎯 Strategy

Application:

�� Words such as \"Anybody\" often indicate overgeneralization.

Final Logic:

�� Empathy Helps; Training Qualifies.

🧠 Memory Trick

Empathy + Training = Therapist.

📄 Passage

\"The rapid breathing techniques to induce hyperventilation as in Sudarshana Kriya Yoga (SKY) is found to be a beneficial, low-risk, low-cost adjunct to the treatment of stress, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, stress-related medical illnesses, substance abuse, and rehabilitation of criminal offenders... Prevention of repeated episodes of depression may be helped by mindfulness-based meditation or Vipasana. This meditation would help the patients to process emotional stimuli better and hence prevent biases in the processing of these stimuli.\"

According to the passage, SKY is specifically described as using which mechanism to treat PTSD and stress?

A Chanting of mantras

B Mindfulness observation

C Rapid breathing techniques to induce hyperventilation

D Prolonged bodily postures

💡 Short Explanation

�� SKY uses breathing exercises. �� Hyperventilation is specifically mentioned. �� The passage directly states the mechanism.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The passage explicitly states that SKY involves rapid breathing techniques that induce hyperventilation. → These techniques are described as beneficial adjuncts in treating stress, anxiety, PTSD, depression, and related conditions. → Therefore, Option C directly reflects the passage.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

�� Option A → Mantra chanting is associated more with certain yoga traditions.
�� Option B → Mindfulness observation refers to Vipasana.
�� Option D → The passage does not mention bodily postures.

🎯 Strategy

Application:

�� Locate the exact phrase mentioned in the passage.

Final Logic:

�� SKY = Rapid Breathing → Hyperventilation.

🧠 Memory Trick

SKY = Speedy Breathing.

📄 Passage

How does Vipasana meditation aid in the prevention of repeated episodes of depression?

A By increasing existential anxiety

B By helping patients process emotional stimuli better and prevent processing biases

C By inducing a state of systemic hyperventilation

D By creating emotional unburdening through catharsis

💡 Short Explanation

�� Vipasana is mindfulness-based meditation. �� It improves emotional processing. �� It reduces cognitive biases.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The passage explicitly states that mindfulness-based meditation or Vipasana helps patients process emotional stimuli better. → Better emotional processing prevents biases that may contribute to recurring depressive episodes. → Therefore, Option B is the correct answer.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

�� Option A → The passage does not mention increased anxiety.
�� Option C → Hyperventilation is associated with SKY, not Vipasana.
�� Option D → Catharsis refers to emotional release and is not discussed in the passage.

🎯 Strategy

Application:

�� Identify the exact benefit described in the passage.

Final Logic:

�� Better Emotional Processing → Fewer Biases → Reduced Relapse.

🧠 Memory Trick

Vipasana = Observe Emotions Wisely.

List I (Technique)	List II (Objective)
1. Social skills training	A. Developing interpersonal skills through role play
2. Cognitive retraining	B. Improving basic functions like memory and attention
3. Occupational therapy	C. Teaching skills to develop work discipline
4. Behavioural training	D. Modifying behaviour through reinforcement techniques

A 1-B, 2-C, 3-A, 4-D

B 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D

C 1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-D

D 1-C, 2-B, 3-A, 4-D

💡 Short Explanation

�� Social skills involve interpersonal interaction. �� Cognitive retraining improves cognition. �� Occupational therapy develops work-related skills.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Social skills training develops interpersonal competence through modelling and role play (1-A). → Cognitive retraining improves attention, memory, and thinking abilities (2-B). → Occupational therapy teaches work habits and discipline (3-C). → Behavioural training modifies behaviour through reinforcement principles (4-D). → Therefore, Option B is correct.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

�� Option A → Incorrectly swaps social skills and cognitive retraining.
�� Option C → Occupational therapy and cognitive retraining are mismatched.
�� Option D → Social skills training is not work-discipline training.

🎯 Strategy

Application:

�� Match each rehabilitation technique with its primary objective.

Final Logic:

�� Social–Role Play, Cognitive–Memory, Occupational–Work, Behavioural–Reinforcement.

🧠 Memory Trick

Social Talk, Cognitive Think, Occupational Work, Behaviour Change.

20 What is the fundamental purpose of vocational training in the rehabilitation of the mentally ill?

A To completely eliminate the symptoms of schizophrenia.

B To aid the patient in gaining skills necessary to undertake productive employment.

C To unburden the patient\'s emotional problems.

D To improve basic cognitive executive functions.

💡 Short Explanation

�� Vocational training focuses on employability. �� It promotes independence and productivity. �� It supports rehabilitation and reintegration.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

Vocational training equips individuals with practical job-related skills. → The goal is to help patients become productive, independent, and socially integrated through employment. → It is a major component of psychiatric rehabilitation. → Therefore, Option B is correct.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

�� Option A → Vocational training does not directly eliminate symptoms.
�� Option C → Emotional unburdening relates to catharsis.
�� Option D → Cognitive improvement is the goal of cognitive retraining.

🎯 Strategy

Application:

�� Focus on the meaning of \"vocational\" as work-oriented training.

Final Logic:

�� Vocational = Employment Skills.

🧠 Memory Trick

Vocation = Job.

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