Klein's depressive position includes
A)anxiety over losing a loved object and guilt for wanting to destroy it.
B)feelings of fear and persecution for wanting to destroy the bad breast.
C)a desire to devour and harbor the good breast.
D)a fear of being bitten by animals.

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The depressive position, according to Klein, involves the anxiety over losing a loved object and guilt for wanting to destroy it. This is because during this stage, the child realizes that the mother is a separate entity from themselves and experiences ambivalent feelings towards her, both loving and hating her. The child fears losing the mother's love and feels guilty for wanting to destroy her.

Klein's Depressive Position Includes