Klein

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According to Klein, the child’s first model for interpersonal relations is the

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breast

Question 2

On the dimensions for a concept of humanity, Klein’s theory rates lowest on

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free choice and uniqueness

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Klein believed that during the female Oedipus complex, the girl

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phantasizes that the father’s penis feeds the mother with babies.

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Mahler believed that when infants realize that they cannot satisfy their own basic needs, they

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seek a symbiotic relationship with their mother.

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According to Klein, the person or part of a person through which the aim of an instinct is satisfied is called

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an object

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According to Klein, when the female Oedipus complex is successfully resolved, the little girl will

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develop positive feelings toward both parents

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In contrast to Freud, Klein believed that the superego

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is much more harsh and cruel.

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Klein’s conception of a “position” is different from “stage of development” in that “positions” are

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not referring to periods of time

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Stephen Huprich and colleagues found that insecurely attached college students

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had greater difficulty controlling compulsive eating.

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Klein assumed that infants come into the world with

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an active phantasy life.

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According to Klein, the phantasies of an infant are

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unconscious

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Klein believed that children introject their mother into their psychic structure. This means that they

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believe that their mother is inside their own body.

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According to Bowlby, infants who become separated from their primary caregivers experience separation anxiety. The first stage of separation is the

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protest stage

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Which object relations theorist spent much time observing normal babies as they bonded with their mothers during the first 3 years of life?

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Margaret Mahler

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Klein called the process in which infants split off unacceptable parts of themselves, project these parts onto another object, and finally introject these parts back into themselves

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projective identification.

Question 16

Klein came to psychoanalysis as

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None of these is correct

Question 17

Klein agreed with Freud that people can be motivated by

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all of these are correct

Question 18

Klein claimed that infants use the paranoid-schizoid position to

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control the good breast and fight off its persecutors.

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Klein believed that the male Oedipus complex is resolved mostly when the boy

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establishes positive relationships toward both parents.

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If a hungry infant cries and kicks, Klein would say that it is

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fantasizing about kicking or destroying the “bad” breast.

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The aim of Kleinian therapy is to

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reduce depressive anxieties and persecutory fears.

Question 22

Research by Hazan and Shaver found that people whose adult love relationships include trust, closeness, and positive emotions had which early childhood attachment style?

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secure

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According to Bowlby, both humans and other primates experience separation anxiety. The stage unique to humans is the ______ stage.

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detachment

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Klein suggested that psychic defense mechanisms

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protect the ego against anxiety aroused by destructive phantasies.

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Object relations theory differs from Freud’s theory in that it

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All these are correct.

Question 26

Klein called the fantasy that one’s own feelings actually reside in another person

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projection

Question 27

An infant remains calm when her mother exits the room, leaving her with a stranger. When the mother returns, the infant ignores her. According to Ainsworth, this infant is displaying the _______ attachment style.

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anxious-avoidant

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Klein believed that the male Oedipus complex is resolved mostly when the boy

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establishes positive relationships toward both parents.

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Which issue became part of a bitter debate between Melanie Klein and Anna Freud during the 1920s and 1930s?

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the idea of childhood psychoanalysis

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Mahler’s principal concern was with

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the psychological birth of the child.

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Klein contended that when introjected, dangerous objects

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become internal persecutors.

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Mahler believed that children begin to develop feelings of personal identity during which developmental stage?

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separation-individuation

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When object relations theory is applied to explaining the formation of eating disorders,

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inconsistent caregivers create anxiety, so an individual sees food as a means of comfort

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According to Klein, the two basic positions are

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paranoid-schizoid and depressive.

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Klein assumed that infants come into the world with

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an active phantasy life.

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Among the people that Klein psychoanalyzed was

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her son erich

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Kohut’s narcissistic needs include

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the need to exhibit the grandiose self

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Klein’s depressive position includes

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anxiety over losing a loved object and guilt for wanting to destroy it.

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Bowlby’s attachment theory was based on studies of

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infants and primates.

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Klein believed that before a unified ego can emerge, it must first

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split into the “good me” and the “bad me.”

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Klein extended Freud’s psychoanalysis by emphasizing

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very early infancy.

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According to Klein, infants use splitting as a means of

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controlling good and bad aspects of themselves.

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To Klein, an introjected object

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is a phantasy of internalizing the object in a physical form.

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Bowlby’s theory assumes that

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the relationship between infant and caregiver becomes a model for future interpersonal relations.

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Melanie Klein had an especially warm relationship with

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Neither of these is correct.