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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, Erickson suggested several stages of development that included all of the following except _____.
(a) Industry.
(b) Sensory.
(c) Trust.
(d) Autonomy.

2. From birth to two months of age, the _____ is employed to relate diverse experiences, affects, perceptions and events.
(a) Sense of an emergent self.
(b) Sense of an indulgent self.
(c) Sense of an divergent self.
(d) Sense of a constricted self.

3. Unlike other thinkers in the field, the author suggests that each developmental stage is ______.
(a) Discarded as the new one begins.
(b) Separate and discrete.
(c) Integrated into the others.
(d) Destroyed.

4. During the phase characterized by a sense of subjective self, infants can utilize all of the following capacities except ______.
(a) Focus.
(b) Sharing attention.
(c) Employing symbols.
(d) Attributing intentions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Stern believes that the _______ is the primary organizing principle of development.

2. Stern asserts that the sense of self is certainly present following language use and ______ awareness.

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

4. According to the book the author is both a psychoanalyst and a _______, one who studies child development.

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

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