A process by which an individual unconsciously endeavors to pattern himself after another. This process is also important in the development of the personality, particularly the superego or conscience, which is modeled largely on the behavior of adult significant others.
    

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Katzine / [comics, writing and drawings by Katriona Chapman].

Gender differences : their ontogeny and significance / editors, Christopher Ounsted, David C. Taylor.

Sex differences : cultural and developmental dimensions / Patrick C. Lee and Robert Sussman Stewart, editors.

Psychosomatik der Frau : Entwicklungsstufen der weiblichen Identität in Gesundheit und Krankheit / D.G. Hertz, H. Molinski.

The magic fish / Trung Le Nguyen.

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Katzine / [comics, writing and drawings by Katriona Chapman].

Gender differences : their ontogeny and significance / editors, Christopher Ounsted, David C. Taylor.

Sex differences : cultural and developmental dimensions / Patrick C. Lee and Robert Sussman Stewart, editors.

Psychosomatik der Frau : Entwicklungsstufen der weiblichen Identität in Gesundheit und Krankheit / D.G. Hertz, H. Molinski.

The magic fish / Trung Le Nguyen.