Author Question: Heinz Kohut, whostudied the narcissistic personality, viewed its development as the result of the ... (Read 281 times)

karateprodigy · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

Heinz Kohut, whostudied the narcissistic personality, viewed its development as the result of the parental figures' failed attempts to appropriately respond to a child's early attention seeking. Therefore, he underscored the importance of a therapist:

a. role modeling narcissism to offset patient's behavior.
b. discussing patient's expression of sexual impulses.
c. reviewing the patient's formative years.
d. establishing an empathic stance.

Question 2

Several variations on psychoanalytic theory have emerged. The theorist who emphasized the internal representations one makes of others was:

a. Anna Freud.
b. Melanie Klein.
c. Margaret Mahler.
d. D. W. Winnicott.