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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stern believes that the capacities which tie diverse experiences of the social world together are largely determined by _________.
(a) Genetics.
(b) Books.
(c) Myths.
(d) Environment.

2. Stern thinks that more prospective ______ that test hypotheses that age-specific insults will predict later pathology in specific domains are needed.
(a) Infants.
(b) Results.
(c) Studies.
(d) Families.

3. At the same time, language can also create a split in the experience of the ______ because it can only partially represent other senses of self.
(a) Inner being.
(b) Self.
(c) Inner knowing.
(d) Other.

4. To learn, the representation of the knowledge must be laid down in long term memory, which means that the _________ memory must be developed.
(a) Evocative.
(b) Pressive.
(c) Expressive.
(d) RIGs.

5. Children can begin to see themselves in a mirror, showing that they can now begin to see themselves ___________.
(a) Impressively.
(b) Actively.
(c) Subjectively.
(d) Objectively.

6. Clinicians should keep _________ theory in the background when they practice, according to Stern.
(a) Attunement.
(b) Attachment.
(c) Development.
(d) Practical.

7. __________ theory has also given intense emotional states an important organizing role, according to Stern's research.
(a) Jungian.
(b) Freudian.
(c) Spock's.
(d) Psychoanalytic.

8. Self psychology, according to Stern, offers the most ________ value when it suggests search strategies that help construct life narratives.
(a) Clinical.
(b) Academic.
(c) Medical.
(d) Personal.

9. Experimenters believe that ________ affects and vitality affects are attuned to, but perhaps primarily, vitality affects.
(a) Maturation.
(b) Action.
(c) Discreet.
(d) Discrete.

10. Often, cases can be isolated according to particular senses of _________, which makes pathology easier to diagnose and to treat.
(a) Attunement.
(b) Interaction.
(c) Self.
(d) Other.

11. Attunement is often seen as a stepping stone to __________, according to some researchers.
(a) Learning.
(b) Connection.
(c) Relationships.
(d) Language.

12. The period of __________ of each sense of self is probably a sensitive period and should be focused on in therapy, according to Stern.
(a) Attunement.
(b) Emergence.
(c) Assessment.
(d) Acknowledgement.

13. Stern notes there is some evidence from _________ research to support the view that emotional states have an important organizing role.
(a) Criminal.
(b) Memory.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Adult.

14. Children also begin to acquire a capacity to engage in _________ play, or the process of imitating the actions of adults in their lives.
(a) Maturing.
(b) Symbolic.
(c) Witness.
(d) Coloring.

15. Once a child's ________ year of life begins, their language skills improve and begin to be a part of their experience.
(a) Third.
(b) Second.
(c) Fifth.
(d) First.

Short Answer Questions

1. The process of affect attunement is a bit of a mystery, though many have speculated that ________ is not enough to get the process off the ground.

2. Stern doesn't like the idea of a barrier to stimuli because it is based on the idea of a period of life in which an infant is uninterested in ___________.

3. In Stern's mind, psychopathology should be seen as manifesting in a continuum of pattern ______________.

4. Sometimes equilibria form, but require a lot of ________ from others to maintain , according to Stern's findings.

5. An infant's ability to tolerate stimulation or regulate arousal may be linked to _________ disorders later in life, according to Stern.

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