negative transference

in psychoanalysis, a patient’s transfer onto the analyst or therapist of feelings of anger or hostility that the patient originally felt toward parents or other significant individuals during childhood. Compare positive transference.

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February 22nd 2025

conditioned reinforcer

see natural reinforcer; secondary reinforcement.