Farouk really admires his mother.His girlfriend is a lot like her.This provides support for:

A) gain-loss theory.
B) attachment.
C) the need to belong.
D) transference.

Transference

A phenomenon in psychoanalysis in which a patient redirects feelings and desires, often unconsciously, from a person in their past to a new object, usually the therapist.

Gain-Loss Theory

A psychological concept suggesting that a person's attraction to others increases with signs of increasing interest from them, and decreases with signs of disinterest or hostility.