One Goal of Kernberg's Object-Relations Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Is

question 117

Multiple Choice

One goal of Kernberg's object-relations psychotherapy for borderline personality is to overcome the patient's defence of

• A)seeing others as all powerful and all good.
• B)splitting the world into black and white terms.
• C)marginalizing their involvement with others.
• D)denying impulses toward self-actualization.

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Definitions:

Self-actualization

A concept in psychology representing the realization or fulfillment of one's talents and potentialities, considered as a drive or need present in everyone.

Drive Theorists

Psychologists who suggest that behavior is motivated by the desire to reduce internal tension caused by unmet biological needs.

Homeostatic Mechanism

A process by which biological systems maintain stability and balance in response to external changes.

Incentive

Something that motivates or encourages an individual to take action or to perform a behavior.