Steven is a two-and-a-half-year-old child who is beginning to unify the good and the bad aspects of his mother with the image of her as a separate entity in the external world. He is also beginning to develop a stable sense of "me." Mahler would describe Steven as in the _____ phase of the separation-individuation process.

a) consolidation
b) rapprochement
c) normal symbiosis
d) practicing

Ans: a) consolidation

Psychology

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By about eighteen months of age, an infant can solve ________ displacement problems but not ________ displacement problems

A) visible; invisible B) invisible; visible C) mental; physical D) physical; mental

Psychology