William Fairbairn's Object Relations Theory

Cognitive development theory that was an advanced restructuring of mental processes resulting from biological development and environmental experience. He believed that children idea and accepting of the world. The ecological theory, is a developmental theory that serves to explain how a child's environment has an emotional impact how he or she develops. Sociocultural theory is an evolving theory in psychology that looks at the significant influences that society creates to individual development.

Transference can lead to future positive impacts as well as negative impacts. Overtime, the impacts of transference led to a greater understanding of how the human brain processes and handles events that has happened in the past. In the novel, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, it describes how transference has a negative impact on an African American family that has experienced transference from past events. Transference has extended across the world, and therapist should treat people who struggle with dreadful transference. This will help improve the way people think about the world and cutback the numerous amounts of suicide attempts.

As an individual who has faced multiple bouts of depression, I am no stranger to identity crises. After realizing that the answer to my ever-growing depression could not be found within myself, but within the text of those who have explored similar complications before me, I swamped my living space with a multitude of psychology books. Countless hours and novels later, I came upon “Dictionary of Thought” by Dagobert D. Runes. This novel gave light to my issue at hand, while consequently founding my new basis of self-identity just days before reading the first page of Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. Whether I was aware of it or not, I was a victim of intense social pressure directly, or indirectly, placed upon me.

Video The video I chose was Object Relations Therapy for the reason that it is close to psychoanalytic theory. The video talks about the therapist relationship with the client. Jill Scharff mentions how this “therapeutic relationship is really the essence of the whole thing” she goes on to talk about how object relations theory bridges the gap between race, gender, economic status and how this theory is kind of a universal theory.

One of Freud’s theories is that the “Id – Ego combination dominates a person’s behavior until social awareness leads to the emergence of the superego, which recognizes that

As the characters exhibit stressed thinking, the possibility of a persuading self-identity

Developmental psychology is a scientific approach that describes growth, change and coherence throughout life. Developmental psychology looks at how one's thoughts, feelings and behavior change throughout his or her life. An important part of the theories within this discipline focus on development in childhood; because it is the time that elapses throughout the life of the individual when the most change occurs. Developmental psychologists examine broad theoretical domains such as biological, social, emotional, and cognitive processes. Prenatal development refers to the process of development of a baby from a single cell after pregnancy to embryo and then to a fetüs.

As can be seen through Frankenstein, and is reflected in real life, one of the social or emotional implications caused by a parental figure’s abandonment is the continuation of cycles of

Erikson was highly influenced by Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytical Theory of Development. Although, at first Freud was limited to childhood based on the phallic stage, Erikson focused on developing a lifespan theory. The eight stages are as followed: Trust vs. Mistrust (infancy): The basic and fundamental psychological task is for infants to develop a sense that their needs will be met by the outside world. Is their caregiver responsive, reliable, and willing to meet their needs? That basic trust is facilitated by a responsive caregiver once an infant gets hungry, injured, or needs to be changed.

Psychoanalytic        Theoretical Views Name of theory: Psychoanalytic Theory Founder of the theory: Sigmund Freud View of human nature (include innate capacities/capabilities and motivational constructs): Sigmund Freud viewed human nature as being deterministic and influenced by both sexual energy and instincts (Corey, 2017). He further identifies that soon after birth instincts drive our desire and force internal motivations into the reality of which we live. Although unconscious desires are the driving forces of existence in the beginning, it does not remain the only force through out our lives. We begin to develop into a conscious being as we recognize the world around us. Our external world introduces the conscious mind by showing us moral code, paternal expectations, and presumptions of societal ideology.

The dream-the fantasy of the rescuer and the rescued; many times the rescue is rescued by a person who wants to rescue themselves. When working with a 9 year old girl who was adopted after being placed in several foster homes- she struggled with being grateful for the rescue. Underneath the lure of the rescue fantasy is a lot of trouble. The adopted mother had a lot of anger within herself about not having any biological children and deep resentment for ‘Sury’ not being internally grateful. The rescue fantasy for the child who was born to save a parents relationship, parents will many times solidify by thinking to have another child will save.

Overview of Attachment Theory Attachment theory tries to describe the evolution of personality and behaviour in relationships and it gives a reason for the difference in a person’s emotional and relationship attitudes. In the beginning, it looked at the mechanics of relationships between children and their parents but it has since been expanded to cover the entire life of the human being (Howe, 2000). Attachment theory includes insights learned from evolutionary theory, ethology, systems theory and developmental psychology (Howe, 2001).

During this stage, the child will develop from being

In this process the baby is aware of its existence with the help of discrete senses and feelings;

Freud argues that the unconscious molds the personality as it accommodates the id, the ego, and superego (Freud, 1962). Essentially, the id is primitive and is widely believed to already exist at the time of birth. It acts on the pleasure principle, which thrives on hedonism and abstains from pain. However, the id is detached from reality so it can only obtain gratification indirectly such as through reflex actions and mental images (Morris & Maisto, 2013).