Exam 13: Mahlers Separationindividuation Theory

When an infant realizes she needs mother but still seeks independence, the infant is in Mahler's phase of

Mahler's phase in which the child explores with unbridled enthusiasm is

Mahler's belief in the caretaker's patient availability is similar to the view of

Mahler used which term to describe a state of non-differentiation between infant and mother?

Mahler's concept of object constancy

Which is not a trait of autism?

According to the text, the most significant criticism of Mahler's theory has to do with

When the infant begins pulling back from the mother to inspect her, Mahler used the term

Crain, the textbook author, suggests

In therapy with severely disturbed children, one of Mahler's most common goals was

Which phrase below does not describe Mahler's normal autism?