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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