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After understanding psychoanalysis for several months, Karen has suddenly started "forgetting" to attend her therapy sessions. Karen's behavior is most likely a form of: ____________?

Correct answer: A. resistance.

  • A. resistance.
  • B. transference.
  • C. insight
  • D. catharsis.World Current Affairs

Explanation

Forgetting or avoiding therapy sessions after gaining troubling insight is resistance, an unconscious defence against confronting painful material. Transference instead involves transferring feelings about important people onto the therapist.

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