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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. The book states that affect attunement might truly have something to do with a process of ____________, which many mothers appear to be able to do.
(a) Mind-reading.
(b) Engagement.
(c) Active attunement.
(d) Sacred touch.

2. The sense of a core self is thought to consist of many aspects including all of the following except ______.
(a) Self-destruction.
(b) Self-agency.
(c) Self-affectivity.
(d) Self-coherence.

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

4. The basic unit of memory is a coherent ________ which is an indivisible unit containing perceptions, affects, and actions.
(a) Structure.
(b) Episode.
(c) Card.
(d) Remembrance.

5. The physical self or _______, is experienced as coherent, willful, and a physical entity relying on interpersonal capacities.
(a) Platonic sense of self.
(b) Experiential sense of self.
(c) Sense of a subjective self.
(d) Residual sense of self.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Unlike other thinkers in the field, the author suggests that each developmental stage is ______.

3. Constructionistic efforts are rooted in all of the following elements except ________.

4. Self-___________ involves the sense of self that experiences affects and emotions, according to the author's findings.

5. Experiments suggest that episodes are representations of __________ that have been generalized, or RIGs.

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