A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

 

Object Constancy
Object Relations
Objective Consciousness
Objective Perception

Objective Reality
Oedipal Narcissism

Oedipal Self
Oneness
Ontological
Openness
Optimizing Force
Oral Narcissism
Organs of Perception

Object Constancy

The separation-individuation process leads ultimately to the development of the ego as a structure. Its final phase is that of object constancy, when the ego is formed and established as a permanent existence, separate from the environment (mother), and other people are seen to have separate existences. Finally, the ego is structured and developed, and the child permanently experiences himself as having a separate identity. (Essence, pg 160)

 

 

Object constancy is usually defined as the capacity to see and relate to the other as a person in his or her own right. This capacity is part of the quality of the Personal Essence, of being personal and able to make direct personal contact. (The Pearl Beyond Price)

 

 

Object relations theory contends that object love, which is love for a separate and differentiated human person, does not develop until object constancy is attained. In fact, it is part of the definition of object constancy that when it is achieved the individual has the capacity to love another as an individual in his or her own right. (The Pearl Beyond Price)