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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, The Four Senses of Self, Chapter 6, The Sense of a Subjective Self, I, Overview.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Two, Stern makes a distinction between the _______ infant and the observed infant.
(a) Large.
(b) Clinical.
(c) Subjective.
(d) Small.

2. Although this stage is secondary, the development of the self is thought to _______.
(a) Occur within this stage.
(b) Have occured much earlier.
(c) Be unrelated.
(d) Occur later in development.

3. _________ are often shared around infants as well through protolinguistic forms, according to Stern.
(a) Intentions.
(b) Excuses.
(c) Movements.
(d) Stories.

4. _______ is not experienced by the infant, only experiences and the integration of experiences.
(a) Non-dysfunction.
(b) Non-direction.
(c) Non-organization.
(d) Non-pluralization.

5. During the seventh to ninth month of development, infants are ________, but they can still create experiences that are shared.
(a) Pre-movement.
(b) Preverbal.
(c) Pre-memory.
(d) Pre-visual.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Stern believes that the infants have " ______ -like" experiences, yet they are based on a core self.

3. ________ is the idea that the infant's self concept is created by or at least altered by the narrative that she receives.

4. The developmentalist picture helps to account for the lack of differentiation of experience including ______.

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

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