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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, The Four Senses of Self, Chapter 8, The Sense of a Verbal Self.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The process of affect attunement is a bit of a mystery, though many have speculated that ________ is not enough to get the process off the ground.
(a) Imitation.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Speculation.
(d) Education.

2. According to the book, Stern focuses on the sense of self because it can generate a/an ________ pattern of awareness.
(a) Variant.
(b) Discontinuous.
(c) Invariant.
(d) Ingenous.

3. ________ are formed as a result of the repeat events, of the repeat lived experiences that infants experience.
(a) TIGs.
(b) RIGs.
(c) PIGs.
(d) TIPs.

4. Although this stage is secondary, the development of the self is thought to _______.
(a) Have occured much earlier.
(b) Occur within this stage.
(c) Occur later in development.
(d) Be unrelated.

5. According to the book, recent research indicates that the infant is capable of having a sense of self and ______.
(a) Others.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Body.

Short Answer Questions

1. Children, at this time, also begin to use personal _______ when referring to themselves and others, and they begin to engage in empathic acts.

2. The book claims that subjective infant experience can be ascertained through the study of ______.

3. One of the needs of infants at this stage is for ________, usually provided by the parents.

4. According to the book, Erickson suggested several stages of development that included all of the following except _____.

5. During the seventh to ninth month of development, infants are ________, but they can still create experiences that are shared.

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