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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. According to the book, there are several senses associated with the self, some found ______, others are not.
(a) Outside of awareness.
(b) Inside the body.
(c) Outside of the body.
(d) In a valley.

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

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

4. Stern believes that the _______ is the primary organizing principle of development.
(a) Stages of development.
(b) Environment.
(c) Sense of others.
(d) Sense of self.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From 6-9 months of age, infants begin to consolidate a core sense of self that is no longer ______.

2. When capacities mature in infants, there is a _______ according to organizing subjective perspectives.

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

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

5. According to the book, the ______ infant was thought to be connected to the social world.

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