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Class 12 Therapeutic Approaches worksheet

CBSE Psychology. Psychotherapy and the therapeutic alliance, behaviour, cognitive and humanistic therapies, factors in healing, ethics, alternative therapies and rehabilitation. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.

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Section A · multiple choice

  1. 1.

    Psychotherapy is best described as:

    1. a treatment that uses only medicines
    2. a test of intelligence
    3. any advice given by a friend
    4. a voluntary relationship between a client and a trained therapist to solve psychological problems
    Answer

    (d) a voluntary relationship between a client and a trained therapist to solve psychological problems

  2. 2.

    Kabir, afraid of dogs, stays relaxed while imagining a puppy far away, then a little closer each session. Which technique of behaviour therapy is this?

    1. systematic desensitisation
    2. progressive muscular relaxation
    3. modelling
    4. differential reinforcement
    Answer

    (a) systematic desensitisation

  3. 3.

    Who gave Rational Emotive Therapy?

    1. Fritz and Laura Perls
    2. B.F. Skinner
    3. Wolpe
    4. Albert Ellis
    Answer

    (d) Albert Ellis

Section B · short answer

  1. 4.

    Name the two major components of the therapeutic alliance.

    Answer

    Its contractual nature (two willing partners) and its limited duration.

  2. 5.

    Name the technique of behaviour therapy in each case. (a) Zoya’s parent praises polite requests and simply ignores sulking. (b) Ananya learns to speak up in class by watching the therapist act it out first.

    Answer

    (a) differential reinforcement (b) modelling

Section C · long answer

  1. 6.

    What are the characteristics of all psychotherapies?

    Answer

    Systematic use of a theory’s principles, practice only by trained persons, a therapist and a client seeking help, and a confidential, dynamic therapeutic relationship.

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