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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Each of the separate emotions of an infant are assigned invariant self-_________ to associate with it.
(a) Myths.
(b) Events.
(c) Stories.
(d) Truths.

2. There is some debate about how the elements in question 10 relate to the sense of self including all of the following ideas except _______.
(a) Revealing an existing sense of self.
(b) Creating the sense of self.
(c) Obscuring an existing sense of self.
(d) Transformation of the sense of self.

3. One of the needs of infants at this stage is for ________, usually provided by the parents.
(a) Physiological regulation.
(b) Eye movement regulation.
(c) Behavior regulation.
(d) Movement regulation.

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

5. The term _______ emergence is used as a way to think about how the infant at this stage experiences the world.
(a) Familial.
(b) Global.
(c) Individual.
(d) Local.

6. This section describes the main objectives of the book and includes all of the following topics except ______.
(a) How infants multiply experience.
(b) How infants perceive objects.
(c) How infants unify experience.
(d) Whether infants have a sense of self.

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

8. Infants in the emergent self stage have a disposition to create and test ______ about the world.
(a) Colors.
(b) Structures.
(c) Games.
(d) Hypotheses.

9. The domain of intersubjective relatedness arises from something called _______ attunement, according to Stern.
(a) Effect.
(b) Impact.
(c) Movement.
(d) Affect.

10. Integration is experiences as an episodic ___________, according to Stern in his writing.
(a) Memory.
(b) Learning.
(c) Movement.
(d) Moment.

11. At ______ of age infants seem to sense that they have an interior subjective life and that others do as well.
(a) 3 months.
(b) 36 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 9 months.

12. The infant, at this stage, becomes capable of ____________ intimacy and thus the parental socialization becomes a more important issue.
(a) Psychical.
(b) Physical.
(c) Environmental.
(d) Educational.

13. One of the primary objectives of the core self stage is to develop a/an ________ world so the infant can interact.
(a) Extrapersonal.
(b) Intrapersonal.
(c) Interpersonal.
(d) Individual.

14. 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.

15. Stern continues to state that __________ ensured survival through group membership in the species and has generated ways to continue this work for survival purposes.
(a) Evolution.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Fathers.
(d) Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. From birth to two months of age, the _____ is employed to relate diverse experiences, affects, perceptions and events.

2. According to the book, Stern explores the nature of the infant's experience through the study of the ______.

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

4. New stages of development create _____ senses of self such as with newly acquired behaviors and capabilities.

5. __________ enables identifying what property belongs to which person, according to the author, which prevents the two core selves from getting confused.

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