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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. According to the book, Stern explores the nature of the infant's experience through the study of the ______.
(a) Self.
(b) Other.
(c) Siblings.
(d) Parents.

2. According to Stern, the sense of the emergent self has ______ main parts that participate.
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

3. Constructionistic efforts are rooted in all of the following elements except ________.
(a) Assimilation.
(b) Aspiration.
(c) Association.
(d) Accomodation.

4. Core-__________ establishes physical and sensory distinctions between self and the other, according to the author's findings.
(a) Decision.
(b) Actions.
(c) Movements.
(d) Relatedness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Clinical and parental view tend to converge in believing the child has an active subjective life including ______.

2. The infant, at this stage, becomes capable of ____________ intimacy and thus the parental socialization becomes a more important issue.

3. Self-coherence integrates the unity of _________, the experience of being at a place at a certain time.

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

5. The sense of self-______ contains the sense of volition that comes before a motor act, according to the book.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How can a person begin to understand the experience of the social self, according to Stern?

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. What is the goal of the book in its exploration of the subjective life of infants, according to the content of the book?

8. What have a number of revolutions in collecting information done for the study of infants?

9. What may always be too much for the behavioral sciences, though it must still be theorized about?

10. What are the differences between the observed infant and the clinical infant in terms of social interaction?

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