Klein Flashcards
Built on careful observations of young children, stressing the importance of the first 4 to 6 months after birth
object relations theory
fundamental in object relations theory
child’s relation to the breast
3 step relationship with the mother
- basic needs are cared for by their mother
- a safe, symbiotic relationship is developed with an all-powerful mother
- to have emerged from their mother’s protective circle and establish their separate individuality
object relations theory is considered the offspring of freud’s ___
instinct theory
proponent of object relations theory
melanie klein
object relations theory put less emphasis on ____ and more importance on consistent patterns of _____
- biologically-based drives
- interpersonal relationships
prime motive of human behavior acc to object-relations theory
human contact and relatedness
focus of object relations theory
- child analysis
- play therapy
unlike psychoanalysis, object relations theory focused on the ____ of life
4 to 6 months
Psychic representations of unconscious id instinct
phantasies
phantasies possessed unconscious ___ and ___ images
- good
- bad
shapes unconscious phantasies
- reality
- inherited predispositions
Symbolizes the objects for innate drives or instincts, including death instinct
objects
Klein’s ‘objects’ is comparable to Freud’s concept of _______
superego
conflicts between life and death instincts
positions
2 positions
- paranoid-schizoid position
- depressive position
way of organizing experiences that includes both paranoid feelings of being persecuted and a splitting of internal and external objects into the good and the bad
paranoid-schizoid position
paranoid-schizoid position develops _____ old where ego’s perception of external world is ___ and ____
- 3-4 months old
- subjective and fantastic
Viewing external objects a whole and sees that good and bad can exist in the same person (mother)
depressive position
depressive position develops at ___ old
5 to 6 months old
involves feelings of anxiety over losing a loved object coupled with a sense of guilt for wanting to destroy that object
depressive position
means of reducing anxiety
psychic defense mechanisms
4 psychic defense mechanisms
- introjection
- projection
- splitting
- projective identification
Infants fantasize taking into their body those perceptions and experiences that they had with the external objects
introjection