Object Relations Theory Flashcards
refer to any target through which an infant seeks to satisfy the aim of a drive
a. libido
b. drive
c. aim
d. object
Object
is the aim of relational needs in human development, and object relations are the intrapsychic experiences of those early relationships.
a. libido
b. object
c. ego
Object
She initiated the shift in emphasis away from studying innate biological instincts and towards relations between people and proposed that drives are psychological forces that seek people as their objects.
A. Melanie Klein
B. Margaret Mahler
C. Mary Wordsworth
Melanie Klein
This s___g of the object image into opposites in the internal world of fantasy permits children to treat the internalized object as clearly good or bad while continuing to trust and love the actual external person who is an intricate combination of both.
a. slaying
b. splitting
c. splattering
Splitting
The feeling of “__” stems from the nurturance that is seen as acceptance by the mother.
a. great-me
b. bad-me
c. evil-me
d. good-me
Good-me
the feeling of ___ stems from the frustration that is seen as rejection.
a. great-me
b. bad-me
c. evil-me
d. good-me
Bad-me
According to this theory, personality is shaped by relationships with significant others; Only through interactions with significant others do we take into ourselves parts of others and begin to build a self-structure.
a, personology
b. object relations theory
c. experimental analysis
d. social learning theory
Object relations theory
individuation optimally begins about the fourth month and leads to the formation of a stable self-concept near the end of the third year
A. The process of individuation
B. The process of separation
The process of separation
suggests psychological growth away from one’s primary caregiver and toward one’s unique identity
A. Separation
B. Individuation
C. Rapprochement
D. Differentiation
Individuation
implies physical differentiation and separateness from one’s primary caregiver
A. Separation
B. Individuation
C. Rapprochement
D. Differentiation
Separation
what are the two “forerunner phases”?
Normal autism and Normal symbiosis
which the infant’s ego develops from a state of absolutely primary narcissism to a recognition of an external world
normal autism and normal symbiosis
the development of a body image separate from that of the mother (five to nine months)
A. Differentiation
B. Practicing
C. Rapprochement
D. Consolidation
Differentiation
perfecting motor abilities and developing physical independence (ten to fourteen months)
A. Differentiation
B. Practicing
C. Rapprochement
D. Consolidation
Practicing
increased awareness of separateness from its mother, with an accompanying sensitivity to her absence that expresses a conflict between the urge to separate and the fear of loss and a recognition that mothers have both good and bad aspects (fourteen to twenty-four months)
A. Differentiation
B. Practicing
C. Rapprochement
D. Consolidation
Rapprochement