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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, The Four Senses of the Self, Chapter 3, The Sense of an Emergent Self.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Psychological theories are based on hypotheses about the subject's ______ experience, which is otherwise unknowable.
(a) Objective.
(b) Reflective.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Subjective.

2. ________ is the idea that the infant's self concept is created by or at least altered by the narrative that she receives.
(a) Reactivity.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Passivity.
(d) Proclivity.

3. According to Stern, the sense of the emergent self has ______ main parts that participate.
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

5. Stern describes several realms of experience without making any of them primary including all of the following except ______.
(a) Heuristic tone.
(b) Discrete categories of affect.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Hedonic tone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The child experiences organization through two forms, _______ perception and constructionistic efforts.

3. _______ is not experienced by the infant, only experiences and the integration of experiences.

4. According to the book, infants seek ______ and have innate biases about the kinds and amount they seek.

5. Clinical and parental view tend to converge in believing the child has an active subjective life including ______.

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