Individuation

Susan Watt

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_685-1

Individuation

Susan Watt

School of Psychology

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Within psychology, the term "individuation" is used in several different ways. In person perception, it refers to perceiving a person as a unique constellation of features rather than as a category representative. In psychoanalytic and developmental psychology, it refers to one's sense of identity as an individual, autonomous, and separate person, and in family systems psychology, it concerns the degree to which a person maintains age-appropriate separateness and connectedness with their family. Finally, in perception and cognition, the individuation of objects refers to the ability to discern coherent objects from their surrounds, such that they can be counted.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences
Editors	Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Todd K Shackelford
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1-4
Edition	Living Edition
ISBN (Print)	9783319246109, 9783319246123, 9783319280998, 9783319246116, 3319246119
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_685-1
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Social and Community Psychology

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