The idea that borderline personality disorder stems from a pre-Oedipal failure to develop a sense of constancy and unity in one's image of the self and other was proposed by __________.

A. Kohut
B. Kernberg
C. Mahler
D. Millon


Answer: B

Psychology

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person's environment and the person's internal sleep-wake cycle. a. Circadian rhythm c. Narcoleptic b. Obstructive apnea d. Night terrors

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