Lynn has begun to buy small gifts for her therapist, and she feels extremely jealous of the time he spends with his other patients. To a psychoanalyst, this is most indicative of

A. free association. B. transference. C. the placebo effect. D. unconditional positive regard.

The answer is: B. Transference

In psychoanalysis, transference refers to a situation when the patients see the therapists as a source of emotional hollows that they've been craving for in their life.

This tend to occurs because for most patients, their therapists would be the only person that they perceived as someone that can understand them. This is what cause the extreme jealousy when such patients know their therapists spends time with other patients.