According to the psychodynamic therapy, cause of psychological disord…

According to the psychodynamic therapy, cause of psychological disorders can be-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → Intrapsychic Conflict

Option (1) Faulty Conditioning Pattern — Incorrect. According to behaviour therapies, faulty conditioning patterns and faulty learning lead to maladaptive behaviours, which in turn lead to psychological problems.

Option (2) Intrapsychic Conflict — Correct. Psychodynamic therapy holds that intrapsychic conflicts, the conflicts present within the psyche of the person, are the source of psychological problems; they grow out of unfulfilled childhood desires and unresolved childhood fears.

Option (3) Sense of futility of one’s existence — Incorrect. The existential therapies place importance on the present: current feelings of loneliness, alienation and a sense of futility of one’s existence cause psychological problems.

Option (4) Faulty thinking and belief — Incorrect. Faulty thinking and beliefs are causes in the behaviour and cognitive therapies, as in Ellis’s rational emotive therapy, not in psychodynamic therapy.

Note 1: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2023 on 18-06-2023 (Slot 2).

Note 2: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2026 on 07-06-2026 (Slot 2).

NCERT (2025-26): “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.…”

“…In the psychodynamic therapy, unfulfilled desires of childhood and unresolved childhood fears lead to intrapsychic conflicts. The behaviour therapy postulates that faulty conditioning patterns, faulty learning, and faulty thinking and beliefs lead to maladaptive behaviours that, in turn, lead to psychological problems. The existential therapy places importance on the present. It is the current feelings of loneliness, alienation, sense of futility of one’s existence, etc., which cause psychological problems.…”