RET is an abbreviation for
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Rational Emotive Therapy
RET is the Rational Emotive Therapy formulated by Albert Ellis. Its central idea is that irrational beliefs mediate between antecedent events and their consequences, so therapy begins with the antecedent-belief-consequence (ABC) analysis and then replaces the irrational beliefs with rational ones. The word in the name is ‘emotive’, not ‘emotional’.
NCERT (2025-26): “Cognitive Therapies … Albert Ellis formulated the Rational Emotive Therapy (RET). The central thesis of this therapy is that irrational beliefs mediate between the antecedent events and their consequences.…” |