When a Therapy Client Responds to a Therapist as If

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True/False

When a therapy client responds to a therapist as if she was a significant person from the client's past, psychoanalytic theorists technically refer to this as resistance.

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Definitions:

Maximal Stimulus

The level of stimulus at which the maximum rate of contraction or response is achieved in a muscle or nerve.

Treppe Stimulus

A phenomenon where muscle contractions become more forceful with subsequent stimulations, due to increased calcium availability.

Threshold

The minimum level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse or a response in a sensory system.

AChE

Acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter, in the synapse, terminating the signal between nerves.