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

2. Stern asserts that the process of subjectively experiencing social interactions requires _____ senses of self.
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

3. According to the book, recent research indicates that the infant is capable of having a sense of self and ______.
(a) Emotions.
(b) Body.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Others.

4. From birth to two months of age, the _____ is employed to relate diverse experiences, affects, perceptions and events.
(a) Sense of an divergent self.
(b) Sense of a constricted self.
(c) Sense of an indulgent self.
(d) Sense of an emergent self.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The third organizing perspective produces a ______ during which time language points to knowledge of self.

2. Interpersonal ________ then transitions from overt actions to the internal subjective states behind those behaviors.

3. From 6-9 months of age, infants begin to consolidate a core sense of self that is no longer ______.

4. The infant begins to see themselves as __________, just as the infant begins to see others around them.

5. According to the book, there are several senses associated with the self, some found ______, others are not.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the four different senses that are involved in the sense of core self, according to the content of the book?

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

6. What does Stern believe is part of the reason for infants responding to parental behavior, 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 are the three main questions the author seeks to explore and to answer within this book?

9. What happens when an infant gains a sense of core self for herself and for others?

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

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