Four therapists each tell a client what has caused her problem. Each view is paired with a type of therapy.
(A) 'Conflicts present within your own psyche are behind your problem.' - Psychodynamic therapy
(B) 'You learned faulty behaviours and ways of thinking, and these led to your problem.' - Behaviour therapy
(C) 'Questions about the meaning of your life and existence are causing your distress.' - Psychodynamic therapy
(D) 'Faulty learning of behaviours and cognitions has caused your problem.' - Existential therapy
How many of these pairings are correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Only two
(A) 'Conflicts present within your own psyche are behind your problem.' - Psychodynamic therapy — Correct. Psychodynamic therapy holds that intrapsychic conflicts, the conflicts present within the person's psyche, are the source of psychological problems.
(B) 'You learned faulty behaviours and ways of thinking, and these led to your problem.' - Behaviour therapy — Correct. Behaviour therapies hold that problems arise from faulty learning of behaviours and cognitions, which is what this therapist says.
(C) 'Questions about the meaning of your life and existence are causing your distress.' - Psychodynamic therapy — Incorrect. Questions about the meaning of life and existence are the cause named by existential therapy. Psychodynamic therapy looks to intrapsychic conflicts.
(D) 'Faulty learning of behaviours and cognitions has caused your problem.' - Existential therapy — Incorrect. Faulty learning of behaviours and cognitions is the behaviour therapy view. Existential therapy looks to questions about the meaning of one's life and existence.
NCERT (2026-27): “TYPE OF THERAPIES … “Psychodynamic therapy is of the view that intrapsychic conflicts, i.e. the conflicts that are present within the psyche of the person, are the source of psychological problems. According to behaviour therapies, psychological problems arise due to faulty learning of behaviours and cognitions. The existential therapies postulate that the questions about the meaning of one’s life and existence are the cause of psychological problems.” |