Bruce is seeing a therapist for his depression but he is always late and has missed several appointments. he talks about sports and the weather to try and avoid facing his problems and he often becomes argumentative with his therapist. according to psychoanalytic theory, bruce's behavior is a classic example of

According to psychoanalytic theory, Bruce's behavior is a classic example of  "resistance".

As characterized by Freud, resistance alludes to patients blocking recollections from cognizant memory. All the more for the most part, nonetheless, the term is utilized to portray the immediate or circuitous restriction of a patient to the therapeutic procedure. 
For the most part, the resistance starts when the advisor is near the wellspring of the primary issue that the client is getting help for. The individual will at that point begin to exhibit qualities that are not common for them, for example, outrage towards the advisor or advantageous careless minutes when gotten some information about a specific subject. Normally, the resistance of protection infers that the treatment is working.