Approaches the subject of internal objects in a systematic elaboration of the building blocks of contemporary ego psychological object relations theory, ultimately confirming psychoanalysis as a basic psychological science. Discussion encompasses the psychoanalytic theory of motivation, processes of wish fulfillment, responsiveness and relationship, character traits, and stranger anxiety. Other subjects include the role of continual dialogue in unconscious fantasy, and internal objects as structured organizations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
