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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, Stern focuses on the sense of self because it can generate a/an ________ pattern of awareness.
(a) Variant.
(b) Discontinuous.
(c) Ingenous.
(d) Invariant.

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

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

4. According to the book new _______ has opened doors for acquiring new information and generating new theories.
(a) Social orders.
(b) Species.
(c) Psychologies.
(d) Research.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, Erickson suggested several stages of development that included all of the following except _____.

2. Psychological theories are based on hypotheses about the subject's ______ experience, which is otherwise unknowable.

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

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

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

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