How do internalized objects affect our relationships? What is an example?
What will be an ideal response?
Student answers will vary. Key terms and concepts that may be included in student responses:
? Objects are representations or images of significant people in our lives that are internalized unconsciously when we are young.
? These representations of ourselves and significant others, such as early caregivers, act as a kind of unconscious template for our relationships with self and others.
? A child with a cold and distant mother internalizes these qualities and associates them with her. Subsequent relationships will be affected by the consequences of this early relationship, especially subsequent love relationships.
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