What Would Freud Say Is Occurring When a Patient Behaves

question 136

Multiple Choice

What would Freud say is occurring when a patient behaves toward the therapist the way he or she had behaved toward a significant person from the past?

• A) object substitution
• B) projection
• C) transference
• D) resistance

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