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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 infant, at this stage, becomes capable of ____________ intimacy and thus the parental socialization becomes a more important issue.
(a) Educational.
(b) Psychical.
(c) Physical.
(d) Environmental.

2. __________ enables identifying what property belongs to which person, according to the author, which prevents the two core selves from getting confused.
(a) Variety.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Nutrition.
(d) Action.

3. Stern believes the _______ to have intersubjectivity is something that must develop as a result of maturation.
(a) Emergence.
(b) Capacity.
(c) Possibility.
(d) Power.

4. ___________ psychology has neglected the idea of intersubjective relatedness in regards to infants, according to the author.
(a) Academic.
(b) Therapeutic.
(c) Popular.
(d) Research oriented.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. There is some debate about how the elements in question 10 relate to the sense of self including all of the following ideas except _______.

2. _______ is not experienced by the infant, only experiences and the integration of experiences.

3. From birth to two months of age, the _____ is employed to relate diverse experiences, affects, perceptions and events.

4. When the interpersonal world changes, the experience of __________ becomes possible for the infant.

5. Experiences of being with an other are active acts of _________ which come about due to the active integration process.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens when an infant develops their sense of subjective self, according to the content of the book?

7. What are the four different senses that are involved in the sense of core self, 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. What does core-relatedness do for the infant as they are growing up in the world, according to the content of the book?

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

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