PSY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Melanie Klein, Psy, Major Force
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It seems obvious to us now, but no one had ever done this before: Klein found that the sorrow brought on in the child by the destruction of a toy it referred to as. Mommy is often accompanied by attempts to repair the toy. The formation of repair as a solution at this stage, and its success, determines much of the rest of the person"s life. Reparation is one of the main methods of getting over depressive anxiety. Reparation comes from the child"s need to ensure the parent"s survival. This is what makes reparation so emotionally important for the child. Failure to repair the parent is experienced as a major trauma. Klein observed that children will often mobilize extraordinarily creative drives to repair parents. Child will experience great self-sacrifice to repair parent. She conjectured that this is a major force for artistic creativity in later life. Why artists will sacrifice to ensure long periods of creativity.
