Volume 1 the I of Consciousness Development from Birth to Maturity
First Statement of Responsibility
by Roy M. Mendelsohn.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boston, MA
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Springer US
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1987
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(370 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Body Ego Experience and the Nuclear Self: The Onset of Unconscious Perception --;2. The Qualities of Perceptual Experience and Object Impressions: The Self- and Object Representational Systems --;3. Libido as Object Seeking and the Mechanism of Splitting: An Integration of Libidinal and Object Relations Theory --;4. Separation-Individuation: The Formation of New Psychic Structures --;5. The Onset of Cohesiveness: The Formationand Function of the Grandiose Self and the Ego Ideal --;6. The Pregenital Phases of Psychosexual Development: The Evolution of Focused Perceptual Functions and Boundaries and the Preconditions forthe Establishment of an Oedipal Conflict --;7. The Oedipal Conflict as a Psychic Organizer --;8. The Resolution of the Oedipal Conflict: The Consolidation of the Superego into an Independently Functioning Agency and the Process of Alteration inthe Fixation Points --;9. Significance of the Latency Period --;10. Pubescence: Relinquishing the Attachment to Primary Infantile Objects and Their Replacement with New Objects --;11. The Final Step to Maturity: The Genital Character --;References.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A psychoanalyst, through training and experience, directs the en- tire focus of his attention to registering and internalizing the in- put of a patient's communications, listening intently for their implied meanings.