Mr.Phillips has recently begun to express feelings of hostility and resentment toward his therapist,who is consistently friendly,caring,and helpful.A therapist using psychoanalysis would most likely consider Mr.Phillips's hostility to be an example of

A) transference.
B) free association.
C) counterconditioning.
D) systematic desensitization.

Transference

A psychological phenomenon where feelings, desires, and expectations from one person are unconsciously redirected and applied to another person, often discussed in psychoanalytic contexts.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic technique and theory of psychology developed by Sigmund Freud, focusing on understanding unconscious motives and conflicts.

Hostility

is a feeling or expression of deep-seated anger, antagonism, or aggression toward others or situations.