The Fear That Children Show at Around 8 Months of Age

question 65

True/False

The fear that children show at around 8 months of age is called separation anxiety and it is
a strong indication that attachment exists between the child and his/her primary caregiver.

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Definitions:

Psychosis

An extreme mental disturbance involving distorted perceptions and irrational behavior; it may have psychological or organic causes. (Plural: psychoses.)

Norepinephrine

A neurotransmitter and hormone involved in the body's fight or flight response, affecting attention and responding actions in the brain.

Transference

In psychoanalysis, the process by which emotions and desires originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously shifted to another person, especially to the analyst.

Object Relations

A theory in psychoanalysis focusing on relationships with others and the external and internal objects people relate to, based on early childhood experiences.