CHAPTER 5 Klein: Key Terms and Concepts Flashcards
Object relations theories assume that the ______________ during the first 4 or 5 months is the most critical time for personality development.
mother-child relationship
Klein believed that an important part of any relationship is the ______________ of early significant objects.
internal psychic representations (the mother’s breast or the father’s penis)
Infants _______ these psychic representations into their own psychic structure and then _______ them onto an external object, that is, another person.
introject ; project
Infants introject these psychic representations into their own psychic structure and then project them onto an external object, that is, another person.
Internal pictures from psychic representations are not accurate representations of the other person but are?
remnants of earlier interpersonal experiences
It exists at birth, can sense both destructive and loving forces, that is, both a nurturing and a frustrating breast.
ego
To deal with the nurturing breast and the frustrating breast.
Infants ____ these objects into ____ and ___ while also splitting their own ___, giving them a _______ of self.
split ; good ; bad ; ego ; dual image
Infants split these objects into good and bad while also splitting their own ego, giving them a dual image of self.
Klein believed that the ________ comes into existence much earlier than Freud had speculated and that it grows along with the _________________ rather than being a product of it.
superego ; Oedipal process
Klein believed that the superego comes into existence much earlier than Freud had speculated and that it grows along with the Oedipal process rather than being a product of it.
During the early female Oedipus complex, the little girl adopts a _____________ toward both parents.
feminine position
She has a positive feeling both for her
mother’s breasts and for her father’s penis, which she believes will feed her
with babies.
Sometimes the little girl develops _______ toward her mother, who she fears will retaliate against her and rob her of her babies.
hostility
With most girls, however, the female Oedipus complex is resolved without any __________________ toward their mother.
antagonism or jealousy
The little boy also adopts a feminine position during the early Oedipal years. At that time, he has no fear of?
being castrated as punishment for his sexual feelings for his mother
The boy projects his _______________ onto his father, who he fears will bite or castrate him.
destructive drive
The male Oedipus complex is resolved when the boy establishes ________________ with both parents and feels ___________ about his parents having sexual intercourse with one another.
good relations ; comfortable
The male Oedipus complex is resolved when the boy establishes good
relations with both parents and feels comfortable about his parents having
sexual intercourse with one another.
