Question

A student finds himself hating a professor because the latter reminds him of his abusive father. in psychoanalytic terms, the student is exhibiting _______.

Answer 1

The student is experiencing transference. Transference is in theory a phenomenon where a person unconsciously redirects the feelings they have about a person to feelings they have about another person. For example, the student could potentially hate his father because his father is abusive toward him and the professor my look or sound or have something to remind the student of his father, thereby causing the student's transference phenomena.