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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Some Clinical Implications, Chapter 10, Some Implications for the Theories Behind Therapeutic Reconstructions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Regulation through the Freudian notion of the _______ is always present, according to Stern's findings.
(a) Superego.
(b) Id.
(c) Ego.
(d) Self.

2. Infants must have two versions of the same _______ available, as they enter into this stage of development.
(a) Mother.
(b) Other.
(c) Reality.
(d) Self.

3. According to the book, at around 8 weeks, infants begin to make direct _______ contact.
(a) Hearing.
(b) Body.
(c) Mouth.
(d) Eye to eye.

4. When an infant is unable to share their inner experiences, they might begin to focus on __________, rather than sharing.
(a) Avoiding.
(b) Ignoring.
(c) Regulation.
(d) Internalizing.

5. According to the book the author is both a psychoanalyst and a _______, one who studies child development.
(a) Experimentalist.
(b) Developmentalist.
(c) Biologist.
(d) Sociologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. The infant is actually embedded within a social _______ which is the consequence of the actions of others, according to the author.

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

3. Although this stage is secondary, the development of the self is thought to _______.

4. Infants and others negotiate meanings together, which generate self-other ___________, according to Stern in this book.

5. Stern sees the sharing of ________ states as the most important and the most clinically observable aspect of intersubjective relatedness.

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