hero_with_1000_faces wrote:
AjiteshArun MentorTutoring guys could you please help me out.
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1. According to the passage, which of the following is a reason that play therapists help disturbed children express their emotions?
psychodynamic treatment, play therapy takes for granted the fact that, once aided in expression, children are able to resolve their anxieties themselves.How is it possible that when play therapy takes
children ability to self-heal for granted and that same ability becomes a reason for helping children. I feel very confused.
(e) Children can resolve their own anxieties once they have been aided in expression.
Hello,
hero_with_1000_faces. I understand the confusion. I spent a little more time than I would typically on an RC question debating between (A) and (E) before I settled on (E). Since the question is asking about
a reason, I found it useful to preface each answer with
because and evaluate that way.
Bunuel wrote:
1. According to the passage, which of the following is a reason that play therapists help disturbed children express their emotions?
(a) because children express themselves through a different medium than adults.
This could suggest that it takes a professional such as a play therapist to allow children to express their emotions in a way that, in turn, allows the adult to help the child. At the same time, this answer choice feels one step removed, more like it answers a
what condition than a
why. That is, does this information answer the question of
why play therapists help disturbed children express their emotions? I am not so sure. I
yellow-lighted this answer and moved on, looking for other options that might prove easier to argue against.
Bunuel wrote:
(b) because children sometimes experience emotional upset or trauma.
We know children can sometimes experience these things. This is a fact, rather than an explanation. An easy elimination.
Bunuel wrote:
(c) because the therapist’s task is to accept the child unconditionally.
We gain some insight into the aim or goal of the therapist, but none whatsoever about the reason for the therapist to help the child in the first place. Keep moving.
Bunuel wrote:
(d) because therapists observe children’s behavior and recognize the emotions being expressed.
The connection to the question is tenuous, here outlining what a therapist does in general, but providing little in the way of
why a therapist would choose to help a child. A similar if spur-of-the-moment comparison would be something like saying that someone knows how to run, but the question is asking about why that person chooses to run marathons. Another weak link.
Bunuel wrote:
(e) because children can resolve their own anxieties once they have been aided in expression.
If, as you have singled out already,
play therapy takes for granted the fact that, once aided in expression, children are able to resolve their anxieties themselves, then we can assume that play therapists must also believe that it takes
aid, namely their professional aid, to allow children to resolve their issues. This
does provide a reason for play therapists to offer their services. I think you overlooked the trigger in the chain of events:
once aided in expression. Without that aid, according to the tenets of play therapy, children will not be able to resolve their own anxieties. Between this answer choice and (A), this one offers a more direct and compelling reason for play therapists to ply their trade.
I hope that helps. If you have further questions, feel free to ask. Thank you for tagging me.
- Andrew
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