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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The _________ self begins to establish a theory of self and others' subjective stages on top of their own development.
(a) Infant.
(b) Objective.
(c) Adult.
(d) Subjective.

2. Hypothesizing about infant experience requires the use of an unobserved "_____ quality" in order to make an inference.
(a) Objective.
(b) Seen.
(c) Felt.
(d) Known.

3. Stern asserts that the process of subjectively experiencing social interactions requires _____ senses of self.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

4. A distinct sense of being with the historical other over time generates a sense of an evoked _______ where a particular person is schematized.
(a) Companion.
(b) Experience.
(c) Identity.
(d) Definition.

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

6. New stages of development create _____ senses of self such as with newly acquired behaviors and capabilities.
(a) Resistant.
(b) Static.
(c) Altered.
(d) Diminuitive.

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

8. Agency, coherence, affectivity, and continuity must be __________ within the infant and memory may provide the answer.
(a) Blossomed.
(b) Grown.
(c) Integrated.
(d) Moved.

9. 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) Sense of agency.
(b) Temporary continuity.
(c) Physical cohesion.
(d) Permanent continuity.

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

11. The child experiences organization through two forms, _______ perception and constructionistic efforts.
(a) Unimodal.
(b) Bimodal.
(c) Trimodal.
(d) Amodal.

12. According to the author, the infant has a sense of _______ for themselves and for the other and can then form relations between the two.
(a) Core self.
(b) Name.
(c) Identity.
(d) Movement.

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

14. _________ involves the recall or recognition of invariants for the infant, according to the research.
(a) History.
(b) Storytelling.
(c) Memory.
(d) Agency.

15. According to the book the infant does not see the world in terms of separate domains, it is experienced as ______.
(a) Divided.
(b) Separate.
(c) Prioritized.
(d) Unified.

Short Answer Questions

1. Integration is experiences as an episodic ___________, according to Stern in his writing.

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

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

4. The term _______ emergence is used as a way to think about how the infant at this stage experiences the world.

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

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