Index (economics) In economics and finance, an index is a statistical measure of changes in a representative group of individual data points. These data may be derived from any number of sources, including company performance, prices, productivity, and employment. Economic indices track economic health from different perspectives.
Transference and countertransference. Transference and countertransference: In a therapy context, transference refers to redirection of a client's feelings from a significant person to a therapist.
Sometimes, transference is seen in everyday situations, such as when: 1  One is easily annoyed by a classmate who looks a bit like oneâs often-irritating younger sibling. 2  A young person treats a much older female coworker with tenderness because she brings back memories of that personâs now-deceased mother.