Practise 16 real Federal Board questions on Therapies from 2024 to 2025. See the answer and explanation as soon as you answer.
Therapies is one of the 8 main chapters in our Federal Board FSC Psychology question bank (12th class), and about 6% of its real questions come from it. Tayyari Karo has 16 real questions on this chapter from 2024 to 2025; 11 are multiple choice and marked instantly, and the rest are short and long questions with a model answer. By difficulty: 15 medium, 1 easy.
Work through the questions below, then open the explanation for each one. Redo the ones you missed a few days later.
These are real past-paper questions. Think of your answer first, then open the explanation.
If a patient is encouraged to say anything whichever comes to his mind, the therapist is using:
Answer: B. Free-association
Free association is the psychoanalytic technique where the client says whatever comes to mind without censorship.
A rationale emotive therapist wants to change the ________ of a client.
Answer: D. Cognition
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy targets and changes the client's irrational cognitions/thoughts, which in turn changes feelings and behaviour.
What suggests that the patient chose the best therapist?
Answer: A. Full involvement of the individual
The patient's full, active involvement and engagement with the therapist/process is a positive sign of a good therapeutic fit.
Which of the following are key components of Albert Ellis' ABC model?
Answer: C. Activating event, Belief, Consequence
Ellis' ABC model consists of Activating event, Belief, and Consequence.
According to whom irrational thinking is the root cause of different emotional problems?
Answer: B. Albert Ellis
Albert Ellis, founder of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, held that irrational beliefs/thinking cause emotional disturbance.
Excessive use of ________ words causes psychological problems for the individual.
Answer: D. Must and should
Albert Ellis identified rigid 'must' and 'should' demands (musturbation) as the core irrational thinking pattern causing distress.
Explain any two counselling techniques from the following: a. Psychoanalysis b. Client Centred Therapy c. Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy
a. Psychoanalysis (Freud): based on the belief that psychological problems arise from unresolved unconscious conflicts rooted in childhood experiences. The therapist uses techniques such as free association (client speaks whatever comes to mind without censorship), dream analysis (interpreting the symbolic meaning of dreams), and analysis of resistance and transference (the client's unconscious redirection of feelings about significant others onto the therapist) to bring repressed material into conscious awareness, allowing the client to gain insight and resolve the underlying conflict.
b. …
The full model answer is in the app.
Describe client centered technique of Carl Rogers in detail.
Client-Centered Therapy (Person-Centered Therapy), developed by Carl Rogers, is a humanistic therapeutic approach based on the belief that every individual has an innate tendency toward growth and self-actualization, and that psychological problems arise when a person's self-concept becomes incongruent with their actual experience, often due to conditions of worth imposed by others.
Core conditions the therapist must provide:
1. Unconditional positive regard — accepting and valuing the client completely, without judgment or conditions, regardless of what they say, feel, or have done.
2. …
The full model answer is in the app.
| Session | Questions |
|---|---|
| 2025 1st Annual | 5 |
| 2025 2nd Annual | 4 |
| 2024 Annual | 7 |
16 real Federal Board (FBISE) Psychology questions on Therapies from 2024 to 2025, for 12th class. Each one shows the session it came from.
No. We could not find an official FBISE marking scheme for these papers, so the answers and explanations are written by Tayyari Karo for practice. Check anything important with your teacher or textbook.
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