In __________ the client is taught to contract individual muscle groups in order to give the awareness of tenseness or muscular tension.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Progressive Muscular Relaxation
Option (1) Meditation — Incorrect. Meditation is the practice of focusing attention on breath or on an object or thought or a mantra. It works on attention, not on tensing muscle groups.
Option (2) Progressive Muscular Relaxation — Correct. In progressive muscular relaxation, the client is taught to contract individual muscle groups in order to give the awareness of tenseness or muscular tension. After tensing a muscle group such as the forearm, the client lets the tension go, and with repeated practice learns to relax all the muscles of the body.
Option (3) Biofeedback — Incorrect. Biofeedback monitors and reduces the physiological aspects of stress by giving feedback about current physiological activity, such as heart rate.
Option (4) Creative Visualisation — Incorrect. Creative visualisation is a subjective experience that uses imagery and imagination to turn an imagined scene into reality. It uses the mind’s pictures, not tensing and relaxing of muscles.
NCERT: Psychology — Chapter 5: Therapeutic Approaches, Box 5.2 Relaxation Procedures (2025-26)
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