infant (Klaus and Kennel‚ 1982). However‚ it is important to realize that the infant can only be competent in the context of a relationship. Therefore‚ an infant is born expecting a competent caregiver to pay attention to and care for him or her. Winnicott (1965)‚ in a beautiful statement puts this in this way: “A baby alone does not exist.” Among the many different relationships individuals form during the life span‚ the relationship between mother and child is the most important. This
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Running head: Melanie Klein Melanie Klein’s Concepts As it relates to Infant Attachment By Donna Bey Academic Affliation Abstract This paper will discuss the object relation theory. It will discuss infant attachment from a human drive and motivation perspective. It will focus on the object-relation theory and in particular‚ Melanie Klein’s concepts as it relates to infant attachment. The “object relations” theory is a related approach to personality psychology and refers to pattern
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“Can we ever leave the past behind?” To answer this question I will be considering the theories of Melanie Klein and Erik Erickson‚ as highlighted in module 2. I will be describing these stage theories of development in children‚ and how these theories suggest that successful or unsuccessful development of each stage may have an effect on a person in their adult life‚ thus supporting the notion that you can never leave the past behind you. I will then be looking at some of the other popular theories
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her roll in the world is/to be‚ because she now views her societal roll differently due to repetitive experiences (personal and situational) in the club. This in turn creates many different types of complexes (archetypal and male related) ·Klein: OBJECT- RELATIONS- (?) a persons actual relationships w/ and subjective views of “objects”‚ mostly ppl‚ beyond the subjective world of the self‚ (for Freud objects are considered to be aims/drives of the id) (?) - male relationships inside the
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Being around others can be a goddamn nightmare. Yet there is still a constant need in many people for other human beings for social interaction and support. Not everyone works with that the same way since there are some people who need more‚ some who needs less‚ and some who don’t really want any at all. When they got to extremes they are often seen deviant and non-conformity can cause some real waves. Depression and Autism are both neurodivergences that impact the way people operate socially and
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Children have needs that need to be fulfilled to remain healthy. The WHO definition of health is a “state of complete physical‚ mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity” (MCI undated c pp1). This essay will look at how Early child care settings can fulfil specific physical needs of exercise‚ rest‚ nutrition and health and safety of a three year old. It will also look at how settings can fulfil the psychological needs of a three year old including attachment
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explanation for depression. Melanie Klein‚ a post Freudian‚ claims that whether an individual loses his or her self esteem depends on the quality of the individual’s relationship as an infant with his or her mother during the first year of life. If an individual doesn’t have positive experiences with his or her mother during the first year of life‚ then a predisposition of depression may be planted. This also links in with the ideas of theorists such as Bowlby. There is research to back this up‚
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serves to prevent the occurrence of an aversive event (Klein‚ 2002). The individual participates in a sexual act or cognition and experiences high levels of guilt afterward (Better Sex.com‚ 2005). This increase in sexual guilt perpetuates the passive avoidance of sexual behaviors. Increasing the intensity of the aversive event will enhance conditioning in the passive avoidance situation and produce higher levels of avoidance conditioning (Klein‚ 2002). Developmental theorist Kohlberg and others
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Health related behaviour is influenced by a person’s social context Words = 1455 INTRODUCTION We all assume that we are in good health and that this is a normal state‚ and we always feel sorry for the people we class as ill or are suffering. Some people can be ill and not even know that they are unwell. In this essay the author is going to look at the biomedical and social model of health and talk about the influences these have on a person’s behaviour‚ physical and emotional development.
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R.D. Laing was an existential psychiatrist who suffered from schizophrenia for some time. R.D. Laing wrote The Divided Self when he was 28 years old. He worked at Tavistock clinic with Winnicott in North London for a while which was a psychoanalytic centre and came into contact with psychoanalytic theory. He looked at schizoid and schizophrenics from an existential point of view and his goal of this book was to make madness understandable. Laing had a great significance for schizophrenia and wanted
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