CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL, GREATER NOIDA

CHAPTER 5: THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES

ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

SUBJECT: PSYCHOLOGY CLASS: XII

4 MARK QUESTIONS

1. Explain with the help of an example how cognitive distortions take place?

2. How would a social learning theorist account for a phobic fear of lizards or
cockroaches? How would a psychoanalyst account for the same phobia? Explain.

3. Explain the ethics in psychotherapy.

4. What are the techniques used in the rehabilitation of the mentally ill?

6 MARK QUESTIONS

1. A therapist asks the client to reveal all her/his thoughts including early childhood
experiences. Describe the technique and type of therapy being used.

2. Explain the nature and process of psychotherapy.

3. How is biomedical therapy different from Humanistic-existential therapy?