Week 13 Reading

These flashcards cover key concepts from the lecture about Esther Bick's psychoanalytic theory, focusing on the nature of self, containment, and the role of interaction in development.

Containment

The ability of the skin to serve as a boundary for experiences and emotions.

Introjection

The process by which an individual internalizes the properties of external objects (such as feelings or beliefs).

Projection

The process of attributing one’s own thoughts or feelings to others.

Self-sufficiency

The ability of an individual to hold their own sense of self together without reliance on external holding objects.

Multiplicity of Insides and Outsides

The idea that experiences consist of various layers or dimensions rather than being strictly contained.

Vitality Affects

Affects that emerge from changes in motivational states, which contribute to the core sense of self and one's experience.

Amodal Representation

A form of perception that transcends specific sensory modalities, recognizing experiences through cross-modal correspondence.

Preverbal Awareness

The stage of awareness before the development of self-reference and language, where several senses of self are present.

Quantum Leaps of Development

Sudden qualitative shifts in an infant's development marked by significant transitions rather than gradual processes.

Associated Milieu

The interconnected environment of relations that influences an individual's experience and development.

Interpersonal Relatedness

The quality of relationships that exists not only between humans but also between humans and other elements of their experiences.

Suprasociality

A form of relationality encompassing the expansive and inclusive interactions in early life, not yet differentiated.

Feeling-Vector

Emotional vectors that contribute to the experience, shaping the relational and event aspects of being.

Transduction

A process by which experiences and environmental interactions reshape relational dynamics.

Double Articulation

The connection between content and expression where both aspects inform each other within the context of experience.

Skin as Porous Surface

The concept that the skin is not merely a container but a dynamic interface through which interaction occurs.

Fielding of Relations

The active process wherein relationships are formed and experienced as a part of development and individualization.