I'm not a psyche student or anything but I think what you're referring to is the point when splitting has manifested as a defense mechanism/coping strategy. There is prob also an element of disassociation. I believe that when an event is very traumatic the individual starts splitting in order to rationalize and make sense of it all. If the trauma occurs early in life before these concepts are established (development), it may manifest in personality. I think we split and then project?
My point, I don't think you have it wrong :) There seems to be several ways of applying the splitting theory. Whew, nothing like a little psyche before your morning coffee lol!
You have to wonder how projection fits into psychological evolution. If we live and die by the group, wouldn't being self-aware be considered as an amazingly beneficial tool for survival? In-group fighting can have a lot of negative consequences and they generally seem to stem from individuals incapable of self-awareness. But, because of man's almost innate need for external control, self-awareness becomes the biggest threat to that desire, but now we have "artificial selection" in a population because a leader might deem slave-type qualities as redeemable, and the females of that population will then largely mate with those who posses the socially desirable traits. Now men's minds are being crafted towards a common goal, however, that traits usefulness for "survival" is largely questionable since it's selection is "artificial", whereas, all other selections in its environment have been through natural selection. Good lord, the amount of questions that rise from social and individual psychology when you make just a SINGLE claim.....
I like this. I get clearer look into behavioral patterns I have experienced.
i like the concept of splitting , i tend to think of wars for instance, how we can side with one group and hate the other
I'm not a psyche student or anything but I think what you're referring to is the point when splitting has manifested as a defense mechanism/coping strategy. There is prob also an element of disassociation. I believe that when an event is very traumatic the individual starts splitting in order to rationalize and make sense of it all. If the trauma occurs early in life before these concepts are established (development), it may manifest in personality. I think we split and then project?
So thoughtfully explained...
So does this come from s Melanie Klein?
My point, I don't think you have it wrong :) There seems to be several ways of applying the splitting theory. Whew, nothing like a little psyche before your morning coffee lol!
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I'd like to know more about splitting. I see a lot of it I think.I hope I'm not doing it much.
It's Bush's fault
lol. good observation.
You have to wonder how projection fits into psychological evolution. If we live and die by the group, wouldn't being self-aware be considered as an amazingly beneficial tool for survival? In-group fighting can have a lot of negative consequences and they generally seem to stem from individuals incapable of self-awareness. But, because of man's almost innate need for external control, self-awareness becomes the biggest threat to that desire, but now we have "artificial selection" in a population because a leader might deem slave-type qualities as redeemable, and the females of that population will then largely mate with those who posses the socially desirable traits. Now men's minds are being crafted towards a common goal, however, that traits usefulness for "survival" is largely questionable since it's selection is "artificial", whereas, all other selections in its environment have been through natural selection.
Good lord, the amount of questions that rise from social and individual psychology when you make just a SINGLE claim.....
politics!!
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