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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There have been several revolutions in _______ that have enabled the formation of new experimental paradigms.
(a) Collecting information.
(b) Filtering information.
(c) Distributing information.
(d) Disseminating information.

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

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

4. ________ are formed as a result of the repeat events, of the repeat lived experiences that infants experience.
(a) TIPs.
(b) TIGs.
(c) PIGs.
(d) RIGs.

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.

6. 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) Local.
(d) Individual.

7. Stern believes that the _______ is the primary organizing principle of development.
(a) Stages of development.
(b) Environment.
(c) Sense of others.
(d) Sense of self.

8. From 6-9 months of age, infants begin to consolidate a core sense of self that is no longer ______.
(a) Symbiotic.
(b) Amniotic.
(c) Neurotic.
(d) Probiotic.

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

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

11. Evidence is beginning to show that _________ can recognize the intersubjective stages in others as well.
(a) Animals.
(b) Children.
(c) Adults.
(d) Infants.

12. Self-___________ involves the sense of self that experiences affects and emotions, according to the author's findings.
(a) Coherence.
(b) Agency.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Affectivity.

13. _________ are often shared around infants as well through protolinguistic forms, according to Stern.
(a) Excuses.
(b) Movements.
(c) Intentions.
(d) Stories.

14. 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) Creating the sense of self.
(b) Obscuring an existing sense of self.
(c) Revealing an existing sense of self.
(d) Transformation of the sense of self.

15. Clinical and parental view tend to converge in believing the child has an active subjective life including ______.
(a) Changing vision.
(b) Changing emotions.
(c) Changing objective experiences.
(d) Lack of participation in the environment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. There is little evidence showing that psychological insults and ______ at one age predict later clinical problems.

3. One of the major parts of the emergent self has to do with _______ drawn between particular experiences.

4. Infants begin to learn that they can share subjective ________ with others and they begin to develop a working theory of how other minds work.

5. Stern asserts that infants in the emergent stage have _______ and cognitive processes that are not easily separated.

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