【R7】 DURING THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF SELF, A CHILD IS AFFECTED BY CERTAIN INFLUENTIAL FACTORS. 【R1】_____.INFANTS FORM. AN ATTACHMENT WITH THE MOTHER THAT MUST UNDERGO A PROCESS OF SEPARATION AND INDIVIDUATION OBJECT RELATIONS PSYCHOLOGY EXAMINES THIS RELATIONSHIP,WHICH DEPENDS ON THE ABILITY OF THE CHILD TO SEPARATE HIMSELF FROM HIS OBJECT, THE MOTHER, AND REALIZE THAT HE IS A SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL. 【R2】_____. CERTAINLY, AFFECTIONATE, CARING PARENTS ARE ESSENTIAL AS WELL. AS THE CHILD BEGINS TO DEVELOP HIS SENSE OF SELF, HE MUST MASTER CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS THAT ARE PART OF GROWING UP,SUCH AS ACQUISITION OF LANGUAGE AND TOILET TRAININ G. 【R3】_____. 【R4】_____. SINCE AN INFANT'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER IS SO IMPORTANT,ACCORDING TO MANY PSYCHOLOGISTS, WHAT EFFECT DOES BEING SEPARATED FROM THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER HAVE ON THE ADOPTED CHILD? 【R5】_____. BUT WHAT ABOUT A CHILD WHO IS OLDER WHEN HE IS ADOPTED? 【R6】_____. WHEN HE IS PLACED WITH AN ADOPTIVE FAMILY, HE IS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SEPARATION ANXIETY FROM HIS FOSTER MOTHER, WHO CAN BE REGARDED AS SYMBOLICALLY ABANDONING HIM AS HIS OWN BIOLOGICAL MOTHER DI D. 【R7】_____. NOW IT SEEMS AS THOUGH HE HAS TO START OVER;HIS PROTESTING MAY GIVE WAY TO DESPAIR AS HE YEARNS FOR PEOPLE WHO USED TO BE IN HIS LIF E. THE ADOPTIVE FAMILY SHOULD OFFER AS MUCH AFFECTION AND SECURITY AS POSSIBLE TO REASSURE THE CHILD THAT HE IS SAFE, THAT THEY ARE RELIABLE SOURCES OF LOVING CARE,AND THAT THEY WILL HELP HIM THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT STAG E. 【R8】_____. ALTHOUGH HE MAY NOT MIND THE ACTUAL SEPARATION FROM HIS MOTHER WHEN HE GOES TO PLAYSCHOOL OR DAY CARE,HE MAY BECOME OBSESSED ABOUT THE TIME WHEN HIS MOTHER IS SUPPOSED TO PICK HIM UP AT DAY CARE OR KINDERGARTEN;TARDINESS MAY PROVOKE FEARS ABOUT CAR ACCIDENTS OR DEAT H. ON THE OTHER HAND,SOME PSYCHOLOGISTS BELIEVE THAT A CHILD WHO IS GIVEN MORE AFFECTION IS SOMETIMES MORE STRONGLY ATTACHED TO THEIR PARENTS AND THEREFORE MORE PRONE TO SEPARATION ANXIETY THAN ARE SOME OF THOSE WHO ARE TREATED MORE ROUGHLY. 【R9】_____. ON THE CONTRARY, THE CAPACITY TO EXPERIENCE SEPARATION ANXIETY CAN BE REGARDED AS A SIGN OF THE HEALTHY PERSONALITY. 【R10】_____.