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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Infants must understand the idea of __________, or their execution of the act and the ability to change between the two realities.

2. The process of ___________ and separation is not stage-specific but is ongoing throughout a life, as the self/other barrier is always being negotiated.

3. Stern believes that the capacities which tie diverse experiences of the social world together are largely determined by _________.

4. Children can begin to see themselves in a mirror, showing that they can now begin to see themselves ___________.

5. Stern begins to discuss how the client and patient should reconstruct an effective _________ about the past.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why should the period of emergence of each sense of self be focused on when an infant is studied, according to the content of the book?

2. Why does language cause a split in the experience of the self, according to the book?

3. What does it mean when the book says it is cross-modal and that it can cross sensory modalities?

4. At what age do mothers add a new dimension of affect attunement when they are with their infants?

5. What are the three senses of self, as listed in this section of the book by Stern?

6. Why does Stern believe that the whole chain of reasoning that led to the idea of a barrier should be discarded?

7. What does it mean when Stern describes the idea of deferred imitation in children?

8. What are the stages of development that Stern recommends foregoing in terms of analysis?

9. What development has Stern's book sought to describe and to explore?

10. What does Stern believe about the capacities that tie diverse experiences of the social world together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The observed infant is different from the clinical infant, according to Stern in this book.

Part 1: Why do you think the observed and clinical infants differ?

Part 2: Do you think it's possible to have a clinical infant?

Part 3: How do you think the observed infant is controlled by the world around them?

Essay Topic 2

Stern believes that many of the experiences people experience as a whole are genetic in nature.

Part 1: What role do you think genetics play in the development of social experiences?

Part 2: Why do you think Stern believes that genetics are the source of many experiences?

Part 3: Do you think the idea of genetic-based experiences is limiting?

Essay Topic 3

When a child begins to acquire language, it changes their entire experience of the world.

Part 1: Do you think language is an important acquisition for a human? Why?

Part 2: How do you feel language helps you or hurts you in your life today?

Part 3: Do you think a human could be a human without being able to talk in the way many do?

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