In a clinical setting this is called transference. The feelings may be positive or negative, but they stem from sources other than the immediate situation. For example, the student may have had an unpleasant relationship with an authority figure whom he resented. Similar feelings of the instructor toward his student may be called counter transference. Several aspects of the mobility training process promote transference and counter transference.
Lessons occur frequently and the time spent together on each lesson is relatively long.
The instructor is, in a sense, an authority figure because he is knowledgeable, while the student is learning. The authority figure is only one basis for the stimulation of transference and counter transference. Further, the feelings of the student and instructor are very much involved in the training process because of the stress stimulated by the training process. The student cannot be expected to know about his reasons for liking or disliking a particular instructor. However, the instructor, as expert, should be aware that feelings present in the relationship may stem from sources unrelated to the immediate persons in the relationship.