[[Transitivism]] ([[French]]: ''[[transitivisme]]'') refers to a special kind of [[identification]] often observed in the behaviour of small [[children. For example a child can hit another child of the same age on the left side of his face, and then touch the right side of his own face and cry in imagined pain]].
For example a [[child]] can hit another [[child]] of the same age on the left side of his face, and then touch the right side of his own face and cry in imagined pain.
For [[Lacan]], [[transitivism]] illustrates the confusion of [[ego]] and other which is inherent in [[imaginary]] [[identification]].
The [[inversion]] (right to left) is further evidence of the function of the [[mirror]].
[[Transitivism]] ([[French]]: ''[[transitivisme]]''), a phenomenon first discovered by Charlotte Buhler, refers to a special kind of [[identification]] often observed in the [[behavior]] of small [[children]].
For example a [[child]] can hit another [[child]] of the same age on the left side of his face, and then touch hte right side of his own face and cry in imagined pain.
For [[Lacan]], [[transitivism]] illustrates the confusion of [[ego]] and [[other]] which is inherent in [[imaginary]] [[identification]].
The [[inversion]] (right to left) is further evidence of the function of the [[mirror]].
[[Transitivism]] is also evident in [[paranoia]], in which attack and counter-attack are bound together "in an absolute equivalence."
[[Category:Imaginary]]
