ABSTRACT
One of the major, more specific ways in which the relationship between the internal and the external has been argued in psychoanalysis is whether it is a one-person or a two-person psychology. The intrapsychic structure-with its varying proportion of innate and internalized experiential-can be conceptualized as a relatively closed system, addressable through a one-person psychology. If, on the other hand, primary attention is given to the interaction between external and internal, the conceptualization is of an open, two-person psychology or, better, since the experiential is more than the interpersonal, a two-factor conceptualization. And, to repeat, it must never be forgotten that psychoanalytically, the external factor must be dealt with as it is experienced, not in behavioral terms.
