Match List-I (situation) with List-II (concept):
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| (A) In Class 5, Ms Iyer gives a star when a child does well and a black point when the child does something wrong; the stars are added up each week. | (I) Therapeutic alliance |
| (B) Whatever marks Arjun gets, his grandmother accepts him warmly and values him just as he is. | (II) Cognitive distortion |
| (C) Meera trusts her counsellor fully, and the counsellor feels empathy for Meera. | (III) Token system |
| (D) After failing one test, Neha decides that she will fail in every exam of her life. | (IV) Unconditional positive regard |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) In Class 5, Ms Iyer gives a star when a child does well and a black point when the child does something wrong; the stars are added up each week. | (III) Token system | Stars for doing well and black points for wrong acts are tokens. Giving and counting them is a token system, a way to shape behaviour by reward. |
| (B) Whatever marks Arjun gets, his grandmother accepts him warmly and values him just as he is. | (IV) Unconditional positive regard | The grandmother values Arjun with no conditions on his marks. This warm, steady acceptance is unconditional positive regard. |
| (C) Meera trusts her counsellor fully, and the counsellor feels empathy for Meera. | (I) Therapeutic alliance | Trust from the client and empathy from the counsellor make up the therapeutic alliance. It is a relation inside therapy, not acceptance by a family member. |
| (D) After failing one test, Neha decides that she will fail in every exam of her life. | (II) Cognitive distortion | Neha stretches one failure into a rule for her whole life. Such faulty, overgeneral thinking is a cognitive distortion. |
NCERT (2026-27): “REHABILITATION OF THE MENTALLY ILL … “In school at times you get good points (or gold points or stars) when you do well and bad or black points when you do something wrong. This is an example of a token system. With the help of your classmates make a list of all those school and classroom activities for which you are rewarded or receive praise from your teacher or appreciation from your friends. Also make a list of all those activities for which your teacher scolds you or your classmates get angry with you. Describe a person in your past or present who has consistently demonstrated unconditional positive regard towards you. What effect, if any, did (or does) this have on you? Explain. …” |