John Has Made Little Progress During His Last Few Months

question 206

Multiple Choice

John has made little progress during his last few months in therapy, but just last week, his therapist thought that he was close to gaining some important awareness about his unconscious patterns. John's therapist is eager for their next session, but when John's appointment time comes, John does not show up and phones later to apologize, saying that he accidentally forgot about it. Psychoanalytic theorists would most likely interpret John's behaviour as an example of

• A)free association
• B)repression
• C)negative transference
• D)resistance

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Definitions:

Continental Shield

A large geological area composed of Precambrian crystalline rocks that are often millions of years old, making up the stable parts of continents.

Sediment-Filled Basin

A low area on the Earth's surface where sediments have accumulated over time, often due to the sinking or subsidence of the crust.

Continental Hot Spot

A volcanic region thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding mantle, situated in the interior of a continental plate.

Rifts

Linear zones where the Earth's crust and lithosphere are being pulled apart, often associated with volcanic activity and the formation of new oceanic crust.