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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. Freud hypothesized several developmental stages including all of the following except ______.
(a) Oral.
(b) Mental.
(c) Anal.
(d) Genital.

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

3. Stern describes four distinct senses of the self that emerge at different times including all of the following except ______.
(a) The divergent self.
(b) The emergent self.
(c) The verbal self.
(d) The core self.

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

5. New stages of development create _____ senses of self such as with newly acquired behaviors and capabilities.
(a) Diminuitive.
(b) Static.
(c) Altered.
(d) Resistant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Stern asserts that there are some elements of the sense of self that exist prior to language use including all of the following except ______.

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

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

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

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