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HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Department of Psychology

Object-Relations Theory

Melanie Klein

Assessment

a) Depressive position
1. What type of defense mechanism b) Paranoid-Schizoid position
involves integrating external attitudes c) Oedipal position
and values into one's own internal d) Latency position
structure?
6. What is the key psychoanalytic concept
a) Introjection that involves a child's unconscious
b) Projective Identification desire for an exclusive relationship with
c) Identification with the Aggressor the opposite-sex parent and rivalry with
d) Identification with the Idealized the same-sex parent?
Parental Figure
a) Electra complex
2. In which type of identification does an b) Oedipus complex
individual project their own thoughts, c) Splitting complex
feelings, or behaviors onto another d) Envy complex
person?
7. What is the significance of the "good
a) Introjection object" and "bad object" in object
b) Projective Identification relations theory?
c) Identification with a Role Model
d) Identification with the Idealized a) Representations of internalized
Parental Figure parental figures
b) Categories of defense mechanisms
3. What term in object relations theory c) Stages of cognitive development
refers to the process of dividing external d) Types of psychological disorders
experiences or people into all-good or
all-bad categories as a coping 8. In the context of object relations theory,
mechanism? what does "introjection" refer to?

a) Identification a) Incorporating aspects of the external

b) Splitting world into the self
c) Repression b) Projecting one's own feelings onto
d) Projection another person
c) Rivalry between siblings for parental
4. In object relations theory, what is the attention
primary focus of study regarding an d) Repression of early childhood
individual's early experiences and memories
relationships?
9. How does Klein's object relations theory
a) Early cognitive development contribute to understanding personality
b) Early emotional relationships disorders?
c) Early physical development
d) Early language acquisition a) By examining early object relations
and their impact on adult relationships
5. Which developmental position, as per b) By focusing on conscious thoughts
Klein's theory, involves reconciling and behavior
positive and negative feelings towards c) By emphasizing the role of genetics in
the same object and represents a more personality development
mature and integrated phase? d) By studying the impact of societal
norms and culture on personality

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 SAMUEL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL TRIAS, INC.
Navarro, General Trias City, Cavite • sccgticollegedepartment@gmail.com • (046) 456-9955
HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Department of Psychology

10. How does Klein's theory of object

relations relate to the therapeutic
process in psychoanalysis?

a) It helps the therapist diagnose mental

illnesses
b) It guides the therapist in interpreting
the patient's unconscious dynamics and
facilitating integration
c) It provides a structured treatment plan
for specific disorders
d) It emphasizes the use of medication
in the therapeutic process

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