Transference in psychoanalytic therapy may reveal itself when the patient

A) transfers from one stage of analysis to another.
B) changes the way the patient feels about people close to the patient.
C) responds to the therapist as though he or she were the patient's parent.
D) shifts social roles during the course of therapy.

Transference

A psychoanalytic concept where emotions, desires, and expectations from one relationship are unconsciously redirected onto another, especially in therapy.

Psychoanalytic Therapy

A therapeutic approach that seeks to explore and resolve unconscious conflicts through techniques such as dream interpretation and free association.

Patient

An individual receiving or registered to receive medical treatment.