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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 8, The Sense of a Verbal Self.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Interpersonal ________ then transitions from overt actions to the internal subjective states behind those behaviors.
(a) Therapy.
(b) Witnessing.
(c) Action.
(d) Movement.

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

3. The self with the other is a _________ experience, including merging, fusings, security gratification, and more, according to the author.
(a) Honest.
(b) Objective.
(c) Natural.
(d) Subjective.

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

5. Stern thinks of the infant's subjective viewpoint as that of the _________ and the solitary self and the other.
(a) Baby self.
(b) We self.
(c) I self.
(d) You self.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the first eight weeks of life, Stern believes that infants form a sense of a/an ______ self.

3. There are many forms of the self including all of the following except _______.

4. Stern's developmental approach is seen to mirror most closely that of Mahler and ______.

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

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