George Begins to Project His Anxieties and Unresolved Feelings About

question 30

Multiple Choice

George begins to project his anxieties and unresolved feelings about his mother onto his therapist.This is what Sigmund Freud would have called

• A)free association.
• B)transference.
• C)working through.
• D)resistance.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies unconsciously used to protect oneself from anxiety and internal conflict.

Displacement

in psychological terms, is transferring feelings or actions from the original object of those emotions to another target.

Projection

Attributing one’s own thoughts, feelings, or motives to another person.

Regression

A return to an earlier or less advanced condition or state, often viewed in psychological contexts as a defense mechanism.