Compare and contrast Melanie Klein's object relations theory and Freud's psychoanalytic theory.
What will be an ideal response?
A. In contrast to Freud's emphasis on the first 4 to 6 years of life, object relations theory stresses the first 4 to 6 months.
B. Klein believed that an infant's drives are directed to an object such as a breast, penis, or vagina. These early childhood drives give an infant's experiences an unrealistic, fantasy-like quality that affects later interpersonal relations.
C. Compared with Freud, Klein placed more emphasis on interpersonal relations and less emphasis on biology.
D. Whereas Freud's theory emphasized the importance of the father during the male Oedipus complex, Klein's theory is built on the importance of the mother.
E. Object relations theory holds that human contact and relatedness-not sexual pleasure-are the principal motivators of human behavior.
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