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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. Self-_________ becomes tied to the behaviors of the self-regulating other because they occur together.
(a) Coherence.
(b) Identity.
(c) Experience.
(d) Understanding.

2. During the phase characterized by a sense of subjective self, infants can utilize all of the following capacities except ______.
(a) Employing symbols.
(b) Sharing attention.
(c) Attributing intentions.
(d) Focus.

3. The subjective self is the part of development which occurs when an infant finds they have a ________ and that others do as well.
(a) Head.
(b) Purpose.
(c) Name.
(d) Mind.

4. Stern continues to state that __________ ensured survival through group membership in the species and has generated ways to continue this work for survival purposes.
(a) Fathers.
(b) Society.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Mothers.

5. The third organizing perspective produces a ______ during which time language points to knowledge of self.
(a) Domain of resource relatedness.
(b) Domain of psychological relatedness.
(c) Domain of physical relatedness.
(d) Domain of verbal relatedness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Constructionistic efforts are rooted in all of the following elements except ________.

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

3. The book mentions several maturational tasks that must be adapted to include all of the following except ______.

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

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

2. What does infant research note about the capability of the infant who is between two and three months?

3. What are the three main questions the author seeks to explore and to answer within this book?

4. What are the qualifications of Daniel Stern, according to the introduction of the book?

5. During this stage of the infant's growth, how does the interpersonal world change, according to the content of the book?

6. What is the problem with reactivity, according to this section of the book, in relation to an infant's story?

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

8. Why don't the two core selves of an infant get confused, according to the research of Stern?

9. Between what does Stern first need to distinguish before he can continue his study of infancy, according to the content of the book?

10. What are some of the developmental markers that will show up in an infant who is around eight weeks?

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