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ered ==Identification==[[Transitivism]] -- a phenomenon first discovered by Charlotte B¸hler (see E, 5), Bühler -- refers to a special kind of IDENTIFICATION[[identification]] often observed in the [[behaviour]] of small [[children]].<ref>{{E}} p. 5</ref>
often observed in the behaviour of small children. ==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]].
another child of ==Jacques Lacan==For [[Lacan]], [[transitivism]] illustrates the same age on the left side confusion of his face, [[ego]] and then touch the[[other]] which is inherent in [[imaginary]] [[identification]].
==Inversion==The [[inversion]] (right side to left) is further evidence of his own face and cry in imagined painthe function of the [[mirror]]. For Lacan, transitivisin
illustrates the confusion of ego ==Paranoia==[[Transitivism]] is also evident in [[paranoia]], in which attack and other which is inherent counter-attack are bound together "in imaginaryan absolute equivalence."
identification. The INVERSION (right to left) is further evidence of the function==See Also=={{See}}* [[Development]]* [[Ego]]||* [[Identification]]* [[Imaginary]]||* [[Mirror stage]]* [[Paranoia]]{{Also}}
of the mirror.==References==<div style="font-size:11px" class="references-small"><references/></div>
Transitivism is also evident in paranoia, in which attack and counter-attack[[Category:Imaginary]][[Category:Jacques Lacan]][[Category:Development]][[Category:Terms]][[Category:Concepts]][[Category:Dictionary]][[Category:Psychoanalysis]]{{OK}}
are bound together 'in an absolute equivalence' (Lacan, 1951b: 16).__NOTOC__
