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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The period of __________ of each sense of self is probably a sensitive period and should be focused on in therapy, according to Stern.
(a) Emergence.
(b) Attunement.
(c) Acknowledgement.
(d) Assessment.

2. Stern believes that the capacities which tie diverse experiences of the social world together are largely determined by _________.
(a) Myths.
(b) Environment.
(c) Genetics.
(d) Books.

3. However, other researchers have found that infants have optimum levels of __________ that they will seek and other levels they will avoid.
(a) Attunement.
(b) Stimulation.
(c) Love.
(d) Movement.

4. The attunements between a mother and a child can be cross-__________, or crossing many different sensory practices.
(a) Action.
(b) Modal.
(c) Movement.
(d) Piecing.

5. When an infant is unable to share their inner experiences, they might begin to focus on __________, rather than sharing.
(a) Ignoring.
(b) Regulation.
(c) Avoiding.
(d) Internalizing.

6. The book states that affect attunement might truly have something to do with a process of ____________, which many mothers appear to be able to do.
(a) Active attunement.
(b) Mind-reading.
(c) Engagement.
(d) Sacred touch.

7. What the infant enjoys and what reality is accepted arise together for the _________, not the latter after the former.
(a) Infant.
(b) Adult.
(c) Father.
(d) Mother.

8. The relationships that develop because of language create a new subjective _______ and domain of relatedness for the infant.
(a) Movement.
(b) History.
(c) Objective.
(d) Perspective.

9. Children also begin to acquire a capacity to engage in _________ play, or the process of imitating the actions of adults in their lives.
(a) Witness.
(b) Symbolic.
(c) Maturing.
(d) Coloring.

10. Few therapists, according to Stern, believe the idea of the ________ has any special significance in development.
(a) Ear.
(b) Hand.
(c) Mouth.
(d) Eye.

11. Traditional theories are limited because they think of the phases of development as being ______-specific.
(a) Environment.
(b) Age.
(c) Gender.
(d) Action.

12. Infants and others negotiate meanings together, which generate self-other ___________, according to Stern in this book.
(a) Relatedness.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Lessons.
(d) Interaction.

13. 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) Speculation.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Imitation.
(d) Education.

14. _________ in theories of developmental origin, according to Stern, should be maintained.
(a) Respect.
(b) Promise.
(c) Flexibility.
(d) Usefulness.

15. Therapists should focus more on looking for narrative points of __________ in patients than to look at specific development stages.
(a) Activity.
(b) Movement.
(c) Emergence.
(d) Origin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sometimes equilibria form, but require a lot of ________ from others to maintain , according to Stern's findings.

2. With language, the self and the ________ can now relate in an enormous number of ways and with shared varied meanings.

3. The infant always has some, at least rudimentary, sense of ____________, according to Stern in his findings and research.

4. Stern seeks to describe the development of the infant's sense of __________ in this book.

5. To learn, the representation of the knowledge must be laid down in long term memory, which means that the _________ memory must be developed.

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