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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. Stern asserts that there are some elements of the sense of self that exist prior to language use including all of the following except ______.
(a) Permanent continuity.
(b) Physical cohesion.
(c) Temporary continuity.
(d) Sense of agency.

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

3. The observed infant consists of the ________ that the infant demonstrates while under observation.
(a) Dreams.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) Subjective experiences.
(d) Behaviors.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, Stern explores the nature of the infant's experience through the study of the ______.

2. When capacities mature in infants, there is a _______ according to organizing subjective perspectives.

3. Stern asserts that infants in the emergent stage have _______ and cognitive processes that are not easily separated.

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

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

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