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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. _______ is developed when self and others acquire subjective mental states that can be recognized by the infant.
(a) Intersubjective relatedness.
(b) Intrasubjective relatedness.
(c) Subjective relatedness.
(d) Objective relatedness.

2. The physical self or _______, is experienced as coherent, willful, and a physical entity relying on interpersonal capacities.
(a) Platonic sense of self.
(b) Experiential sense of self.
(c) Residual sense of self.
(d) Sense of a subjective self.

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

4. Stern asserts that the process of subjectively experiencing social interactions requires _____ senses of self.
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The book mentions several maturational tasks that must be adapted to include all of the following except ______.

2. Unlike other thinkers in the field, the author suggests that each developmental stage is ______.

3. At ______ of age infants seem to sense that they have an interior subjective life and that others do as well.

4. This section describes the main objectives of the book and includes all of the following topics except ______.

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

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