Quiz 7 Flashcards
Object relations theorists emphasize the ________ experience of relationships with others, whereas the relational-cultural theorists emphasize the ________ experience of relationships.
a) intrapsychic; interpsychic
Of the following theorists, who is LEAST likely to be considered an object relations theorist?
d) B. F. Skinner
Melanie Klein was among the first psychoanalysts to shift the emphasis from innate biological instincts to
c) interpersonal relationships.
According to Melanie Klein, children engage in splitting, which essentially means
c) separating objects and feelings into good and bad aspects.
- The object in object relations theory refers to
c) anything or anyone with whom a person forms a relationship.
- The theorist most closely identified with the separation-individuation process is
d) Mahler.
- According to Mahler, the process of separation-individuation optimally begins at
b) four months.
Shanice is a newborn baby who is less than a week old. According to Mahler, she is most likely in the ______ phase of development.
a) normal symbiosis
The four stages of the separation-individuation process include
d) differentiation, practicing, rapprochement, and consolidation.
During which stage of separation-individuation does an infant begin to understand that she is a separate being from her mother?
b) Differentiation
Steven is a two-and-a-half-year-old child who is beginning to unify the good and the bad aspects of his mother with the image of her as a separate entity in the external world. He is also beginning to develop a stable sense of “me.” Mahler would describe Steven as in the _____ phase of the separation-individuation process.
a) consolidation
According to Kohut, which pathological characteristic is most likely to develop when an individual fails to achieve an independent sense of self ?
a) Narcissism
According to Kohut, narcissistic individuals are looking for a(n)
a) idealized, empathic parent substitute.
- Kohut believes that when children develop normally, the Oedipus complex
b) may be a positive experience.
- When Doug was an infant, his parents did not respond positively to his unique, loveable characteristics. As an adult, he finds himself searching in vain for such a positive response from those around him. Kohut would explain Doug’s situation by stating that
a) Doug has become narcissistic.
