Quiz 7

Question 1

Object relations theorists emphasize the ________ experience of relationships with others, whereas the relational-cultural theorists emphasize the ________ experience of relationships.

Answer 1

a) intrapsychic; interpsychic

Question 2

Of the following theorists, who is LEAST likely to be considered an object relations theorist?

Answer 2

d) B. F. Skinner

Question 3

Melanie Klein was among the first psychoanalysts to shift the emphasis from innate biological instincts to

Answer 3

c) interpersonal relationships.

Question 4

According to Melanie Klein, children engage in splitting, which essentially means

Answer 4

c) separating objects and feelings into good and bad aspects.

Question 5

6. The object in object relations theory refers to

Answer 5

c) anything or anyone with whom a person forms a relationship.

Question 6

7. The theorist most closely identified with the separation-individuation process is

Answer 6

d) Mahler.

Question 7

8. According to Mahler, the process of separation-individuation optimally begins at

Answer 7

b) four months.

Question 8

Shanice is a newborn baby who is less than a week old. According to Mahler, she is most likely in the ______ phase of development.

Answer 8

a) normal symbiosis

Question 9

The four stages of the separation-individuation process include

Answer 9

d) differentiation, practicing, rapprochement, and consolidation.

Question 10

During which stage of separation-individuation does an infant begin to understand that she is a separate being from her mother?

Answer 10

b) Differentiation

Question 11

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.

Answer 11

a) consolidation

Question 12

According to Kohut, which pathological characteristic is most likely to develop when an individual fails to achieve an independent sense of self ?

Answer 12

a) Narcissism

Question 13

According to Kohut, narcissistic individuals are looking for a(n)

Answer 13

a) idealized, empathic parent substitute.

Question 14

15. Kohut believes that when children develop normally, the Oedipus complex

Answer 14

b) may be a positive experience.

Question 15

16. 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

Answer 15

a) Doug has become narcissistic.

Question 16

According to Kernberg, the intense changes in interpersonal relationships that are apparent in someone with borderline personality disorder can best be explained by the notion of

Answer 16

c) splitting

Question 17

Compared to other human relations or object relations theorists, ___________ has focused particular attention on borderline patients.

Answer 17

b) Kernberg

Question 18

Which of the following best exemplifies the borderline characteristic of splitting?

Answer 18

d) Perry, whose view of the people in his life constantly shifts from idealized to hateful