Quiz for:
Melanie Klein's Object Relations Theory Overview

Question 1

What defense mechanism involves assigning one's impulses to another object?

Question 2

Which psychologist emphasized caregiver relationships in identity formation following Klein's theories?

Question 3

What role does the 'good breast' play in Klein's theories?

Question 4

According to Klein, when do the ego and superego develop?

Question 5

How does Klein's interpretation of the Oedipus complex differ from Freud's?

Question 6

What is a key focus of Melanie Klein's theories?

Question 7

What does the depressive position in Klein's theory involve?

Question 8

How does Klein's theory differ from Freud's in terms of personality development?

Question 9

In Klein's theory, what is considered the first object of concern for a child?

Question 10

How did Klein view the role of early fantasy in personality development?

Question 11

What is the primary focus of object relations theory?

Question 12

What does the paranoid-schizoid position involve according to Klein?

Question 13

What does projective identification combine according to Klein's theory?

Question 14

Which theorist further developed the concept of object relations by focusing on psychological birth?

Question 15

What is one outcome of a problematic mother-child relationship in Klein's theory?