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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The sense of core-self requires self-__________ because otherwise the sense of the core-self would evaporate with each new event.
(a) Learning.
(b) Building.
(c) History.
(d) Memorization.

2. The infant is actually embedded within a social _______ which is the consequence of the actions of others, according to the author.
(a) Web.
(b) System.
(c) Motion.
(d) Matrix.

3. The book mentions several maturational tasks that must be adapted to include all of the following except ______.
(a) Environmental regulation.
(b) Physiological dis-regulation.
(c) Social exchange.
(d) Physiological regulation.

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

5. Infants then begin to experience _________ from the idea of a self-regulating other, which then can lead to a sense of security and of attachment.
(a) Peace.
(b) Arousal.
(c) Movement.
(d) Commitment.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, Erickson suggested several stages of development that included all of the following except _____.

2. According to the book, at around 8 weeks, infants begin to make direct _______ contact.

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

4. According to the book new _______ has opened doors for acquiring new information and generating new theories.

5. According to the book, recent research indicates that the infant is capable of having a sense of self and ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stern say is the definition of the clinical infant as will be described and used in parts of this book?

2. What happens to infants when they are between the second and third months of life?

3. What happens as a result of infants having a central disposition to create and test the hypotheses of the world?

4. What are some of the things that language and self-reflection can do, according to the content of the book?

5. What is the observed view of infancy, a dialogue that continues throughout the book?

6. What do caregivers of an infant do as a result of the infant seeing others as self-regulating, according to the content of the book?

7. How do the experiences of being with another become active acts of integration, according to the content of the book?

8. What does core-relatedness do for the infant as they are growing up in the world, according to the content of the book?

9. How does psychoanalysis define progressive reorganizations of infant psychology, according to the content of the book?

10. What are the five different things that self-coherence integrates for the infant, according to the content of the book?

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