Match List-I (what the therapist does) with List-II (system of psycho…

Match List-I (what the therapist does) with List-II (system of psychotherapy):

List-I	List-II
(A) Kabir's therapist helps him see how one bad mark led him to the faulty thought that he is a total failure.	(I) Psychoanalysis
(B) Priya's therapist encourages her to seek personal growth and actualise her potential.	(II) Behavioural
(C) A child's therapist gives gold points for each calm, polite act and black points for each angry outburst.	(III) Cognitive
(D) Mohan's therapist traces his fear of lizards to a hidden conflict from his early childhood.	(IV) Humanistic-existential

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-II, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Kabir's therapist helps him see how one bad mark led him to the faulty thought that he is a total failure.	(III) Cognitive	A bad mark turned into "I am a total failure" is a cognitive distortion, a faulty way of thinking. Finding and correcting such thoughts is the work of cognitive therapy.
(B) Priya's therapist encourages her to seek personal growth and actualise her potential.	(IV) Humanistic-existential	Seeking personal growth and actualising one's potential is the aim of humanistic-existential therapy. It works on the person's growth, not on past conflict or rewards.
(C) A child's therapist gives gold points for each calm, polite act and black points for each angry outburst.	(II) Behavioural	Gold points for good acts and black points for bad ones form a token system. Changing behaviour through such rewards belongs to behavioural therapy.
(D) Mohan's therapist traces his fear of lizards to a hidden conflict from his early childhood.	(I) Psychoanalysis	Looking for a hidden conflict from early childhood behind a fear is the psychoanalytic way. A psychoanalyst explains a phobia through such unconscious conflict.

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