Conceptualizing Our Interpersonal Impressions: Mental Representations and Internal Objects

List of Figures.............................................................................................. x
List of Tables .............................................................................................. xi
Foreword ................................................................................................... xii
Bob Hinshelwood
Preface ....................................................................................................... xv
Acknowledgements ................................................................................. xvii
Introduction ................................................................................................. 1
Part I: Mental Representations: A Historical Review
Chapter One ................................................................................................. 8
The Early History of the Concept of “Mental Representations”
Chapter Two .............................................................................................. 14
Re-Interpretation of Freud’s Concept of Representations
Chapter Three ............................................................................................ 23
Contemporary Interpretations of the “Mental Representation” Concept
Part II: Internal Objects: A Historical Review
Chapter Four .............................................................................................. 36
Origins and Development of the Concept of “Internal Objects”
Chapter Five .............................................................................................. 46
Consolidation of Klein’s Concept of Internal Objects
Chapter Six ................................................................................................ 56
Contemporary Contributors to the “Internal Object” Concept
Part III: The Freud-Klein Controversies: A Comparison of Mental
Representations and Internal Objects
Chapter Seven ............................................................................................ 68
Melanie Klein and Anna Freud
Chapter Eight ............................................................................................. 78
Debate about Internal Objects
Chapter Nine .............................................................................................. 84
Conceptualizing Internal Objects
Chapter Ten ............................................................................................... 91
Joseph Sandler’s Contribution to the Relationship between Mental
Representations and Internal Objects
Chapter Eleven ........................................................................................ 108
Contemporary Advocates of Mental Representations and Internal
Objects and a Historical Review
Part IV: The Study
Chapter Twelve ....................................................................................... 116
Methodologies Contemplated
Chapter Thirteen ...................................................................................... 127
Methodologies Utilized
Chapter Fourteen ..................................................................................... 139
Preparations for the Study
Chapter Fifteen ........................................................................................ 153
The Pilot Study
Chapter Sixteen ....................................................................................... 161
The Study
Part V: Results and Data Analysis
Chapter Seventeen ................................................................................... 170
Results of the Study
Chapter Eighteen ..................................................................................... 188
Data Analysis of the Study
Part VI: Discussion and Conclusions
Chapter Nineteen ..................................................................................... 208
Discussion and Conclusions of the Study
Appendix A: The Questionnaire .............................................................. 218
Appendix B: Participant 1’s Mother Transcript (processed) ................... 224
Appendix C: Participant 2’s Film Star Transcript (processed) ................ 227
Bibliography ............................................................................................ 231
Index ........................................................................................................ 243