IELTS Reading: another 'true, false, not given'

Read the following text and try the quick exercise below it.

Primal Therapy

Primal therapy is a trauma-based psychotherapy created by Arthur Janov, who argues that neurosis is caused by the repressed pain of childhood trauma. According to Janov, repressed pain can be sequentially brought to conscious awareness for resolution through re-experiencing specific incidents and fully expressing the resulting pain during therapy. In therapy, the patient recalls and reenacts a particularly disturbing past experience, usually from early in life, and expresses normally repressed anger or frustration, especially through spontaneous and unrestrained screams, hysteria or violence. Janov criticises the talking therapies as they deal primarily with the cerebral cortex and higher-reasoning areas and do not access the source of emotional pain within the more basic parts of the central nervous system.

Primal therapy became very influential during a brief period in the early 1970s, after the publication of Janov's first book, The Primal Scream. It inspired hundreds of spin-off clinics worldwide and served as an inspiration for many popular cultural icons. Singer-songwriter John Lennon and actor James Earl Jones were prominent advocates of primal therapy. However, it has since declined in popularity, partly because Janov did not produce enough evidence to convince research-oriented psychotherapists of its effectiveness.

Are the following statements true, false or not given?

1. During primal therapy sessions, patients are encouraged to remember traumatic childhood events.
2. Primal therapy patients must talk calmly to the therapist.
3. Primal therapy enjoyed a short heyday.
4. Although it is less popular these days, many people still advocate this form of therapy.

Comments

[Jason]

1. True
2. Not given
3. True
4. False

[Srishti]

true
false
not given
false

[Beomsu]

T
F
T
Not given

[Phương]

My answer is:
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. Not Given

[QUAN]

1. TRUE
2. NOT GIVEN
3. TRUE
4. TRUE

[Pachu]

1. T, 2. F, 3. T, 4. NG

[MarkJ]

True
(reenacts a particularly disturbing past experience, usually from early in life)
False
(and expresses normally repressed anger or frustration, especially through spontaneous and unrestrained screams, hysteria or violence. )
True
(very influential during a brief period in the early 1970s)
NG
(However, it has since declined in popularity,)

[Dat]

1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. NOT GIVEN

[감바르]

1.TRUE

particularly disturbing past experience=traumatic experience

Usually from an early life=childhood

2.FALSE
expresses normally repressed anger of frustration,through spontaneous unrestrained screams

3.TRUE
became influential in the early 1970,.............However,it has since declined in popularity("it has since" refers to the 1970, so it had very little time of fame)

4.NOT GIVEN
We do not know who was in favour of this therapy, there is nothing about people advocating for this therapy in the end.

[Iman Mosaheb]

True
False
Not Given
Not Given

Thanks for your great website Simon.

[Tinh]

1 TRUE
2 NOT GIVEN
3 TRUE
4 NOT GIVEN

[Sandeep Mukarjee]

Simon, we are waiting for your answer

[Sajan]

1.T During primal therapy sessions, patients are encouraged to (remember = recalls ) traumatic (childhood = early life )events
2. NG (no mention of must talk ; calm =/ anger)
3. T (short = brief ; heyday = very influential during a period)
4. F (still advocate = since declined in popularity)

[Sajan]

correction
4. =/

[Sajan]

1. T
2. F
3. T
4. NG

[Simon]

CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:

1. True
2. False
3. True
4. Not Given

[Datth]

1. True
2. False
3. True
4. Note given

[BoXiangWang]

During primal therapy sessions, patients are encouraged to remember traumatic childhood events.
1. T
In therapy, the patient recalls and reenacts a particularly disturbing past experience, usually from early in life...

Primal therapy patients must talk calmly to the therapist.
2. F
...expresses normally repressed anger or frustration, especially through spontaneous and unrestrained screams, hysteria or violence.

Primal therapy enjoyed a short heyday.
3. T
...became very influential during a brief period...It inspired hundreds of spin-off clinics worldwide and served as an inspiration for many popular cultural icons.

Although it is less popular these days, many people still advocate this form of therapy.
4. NG
...it has since declined in popularity (But we don't know if there's still anyone promote this therapy, there's no clue in this article.)

[Keiko]

1. True
2. False
3. True
4. Not given

[Kelsey]

1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. NOT GIVEN

[Mirabella]

1. True
2. False
3. True
4. Not Given

[Kannu Ghai]

1. True
2. False
3. True
4. Not Given

[sam]

1.True
2. Not given
3. Not given
4. true

[Hanhvu]

1. True
2. Not given
3. True
4. False

[Nathane Lee]

1. True
2. Not given
3. True
4. False

[AKINKUNMI]

True
Not g
T
False

[Shimahj]

T
F
T
Ng

[[email protected]]

1. True
2. False
3. True
4. Not Given

[Alex Yeung]

1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. NOT GIVEN

[aurora]

in my opinion
1. true
2. not given
3. true
4. false

[Hue]

1. T (patient recalls and reenacts a particularly disturbing past experience, usually from early in life)
2. F (expresses normally repressed anger or frustration)
3. T (Primal therapy became very influential during a brief period in the early 1970s)
4. NG (it has since declined in popularity) it's true that the therapy is less popular but there's no information about number of advocates nowaday

[sabreen]

1-T 2- NG 3- T 4- T

[yuan]

1 True
2 NG
3 TRUE
4 FALSE

[Joshua]

1.T
2.F
3.T
4.NG

[drnrsl]

1.T
2.F
3.T
4.F

[Isabelle]

1. True
2. False
3. True
4. Not given

[Sophia]

1.True
2.False
3.Not Given
4.True

[Nazmul Haque]

1) True,
2)False
3)Not sure but i think its false.
4)True

[Diem Phuong]

1.True
2.False
3.True
4.Not Given

[Md.nazmul haque]

1)True
2)Not given
3)True
4)False

[Oqiljon]

1-T 2-F 3-T 4-NG

[Shab]

T
NG
T
F

[Mudher]

how i can the right answers ??
i hope some one can answer me

[kabir]

y the last oneis not given when in next line he says about prominent singers have advocate (Singer-songwriter John Lennon and actor James Earl Jones were prominent advocates of primal therapy)

[ankita agarwal]

True
False
Not given
True

[Vu Hong Quang]

T F T NG

[Amit]

True
False
Not given
False

[Helen]

T
F
T
NG

[Minh Hoang]

T
F
T
NG

[Tolulope]

True
False
True
Notgiven

[EDYSON]

TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
TRUE

[Mandeep kaur]

True false not given true

[Herlina]

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

NOT GIVEN

[carla]

T
F
NG
F

[Fara]

True
Not Given
False
True

[Fatimah]

T
F
T
NG

[Mehak ghuman]

1. True
2. False
3. True
4. Not given

[Eunnie]

1-True
2-False
3-True
4-Not given

[Alice]

Hi, I just took the Ielts test last week and I wrote T/F/NG instead of True/False/Not given. Is it still acceptable ? I'm so worried