Janice Is in Psychotherapy and Has Shared a Lot with Her

question 77

Multiple Choice

Janice is in psychotherapy and has shared a lot with her therapist. She is feeling increasing like her therapist is disgusted by her disclosures, and laughing at her behind her back. Janice is experiencing ________.

• A) free association
• B) positive transference
• C) negative transference
• D) insight

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Definitions:

General Adaptation Syndrome

A model describing the body's short-term and long-term reactions to stress, including stages of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.

General Adaptation Syndrome

A three-stage response to stress consisting of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion, theorized by Hans Selye.

Alarm Reaction

The initial stage in the stress response where the body readies itself for fight or flight, part of the General Adaptation Syndrome.

Fight-Or-Flight Reaction

A physiological response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival.