Quiz 2: Mahler Separation- Individuation

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• Infants gain awareness that they are separate from their mother—the infant’s attention shifts from inwardly to outward.
• Infant crawls and walks freely, explores actively, and distances from mother. Often looks for mom to feel safe. Mother serves as a point of reference or home base.
• Infant desires to be independent. Infant moves away from mother and returns regularly to make sure she is still present.
• The infant can cope with the absence of their mother (i.e., during school/ daycare, etc.) Child sees their mother as a separate individual from themselves.