Dulloldfart
Squirrel Extraordinaire
Clearbird definition of "Valence":
"Is the assumption at the reactive level by one individual of the characteristics of another individual. An individual may have a number of valences which he puts on and off as he might hats. Often these changes are so marked that an observant person can notice him dropping one valence and putting on another. The shift from valence to valence is usually completely outside the awareness and control of the individual doing so. In other cases an individual has one valence, not his own, in which he is thoroughly stuck."
My addition here:
From an "engram" (mental image containing pain, unconsciousness, and a real or imagined threat to survival) of being beaten up by Dad, child might take on characteristics of Dad, that being the "winning valence".
Paul
"Is the assumption at the reactive level by one individual of the characteristics of another individual. An individual may have a number of valences which he puts on and off as he might hats. Often these changes are so marked that an observant person can notice him dropping one valence and putting on another. The shift from valence to valence is usually completely outside the awareness and control of the individual doing so. In other cases an individual has one valence, not his own, in which he is thoroughly stuck."
My addition here:
From an "engram" (mental image containing pain, unconsciousness, and a real or imagined threat to survival) of being beaten up by Dad, child might take on characteristics of Dad, that being the "winning valence".
Paul