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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, The Questions and Their Background, Chapter 2, Perspectives and Approaches to Infancy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stern's developmental approach is seen to mirror most closely that of Mahler and ______.
(a) James.
(b) Bowlby.
(c) Winnicott.
(d) Klein.

2. New stages of development create _____ senses of self such as with newly acquired behaviors and capabilities.
(a) Resistant.
(b) Diminuitive.
(c) Altered.
(d) Static.

3. There is little evidence showing that psychological insults and ______ at one age predict later clinical problems.
(a) Attitudes.
(b) Trauma.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Development.

4. At ______ of age infants seem to sense that they have an interior subjective life and that others do as well.
(a) 36 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 3 months.

5. According to the book, Erickson suggested several stages of development that included all of the following except _____.
(a) Trust.
(b) Sensory.
(c) Industry.
(d) Autonomy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The observed infant consists of the ________ that the infant demonstrates while under observation.

2. Hypothesizing about infant experience requires the use of an unobserved "_____ quality" in order to make an inference.

3. Stern describes four distinct senses of the self that emerge at different times including all of the following except ______.

4. During the phase characterized by a sense of subjective self, infants can utilize all of the following capacities except ______.

5. According to the book new _______ has opened doors for acquiring new information and generating new theories.

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