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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. Just as ________ develop, according to Stern, so must the theories about what they experience and who they are.
(a) Narratives.
(b) Infants.
(c) Therapists.
(d) Adults.

2. Sometimes equilibria form, but require a lot of ________ from others to maintain , according to Stern's findings.
(a) Support.
(b) Energy.
(c) Criticism.
(d) Input.

3. The infant always has some, at least rudimentary, sense of ____________, according to Stern in his findings and research.
(a) Future.
(b) Self.
(c) Separateness.
(d) Movement.

4. At the same time, language can also create a split in the experience of the ______ because it can only partially represent other senses of self.
(a) Inner knowing.
(b) Inner being.
(c) Self.
(d) Other.

5. Traditional theories are limited because they think of the phases of development as being ______-specific.
(a) Action.
(b) Environment.
(c) Gender.
(d) Age.

Short Answer Questions

1. The nature of therapy will be best determined by which domain of __________ is most affected in the patient.

2. The period of __________ of each sense of self is probably a sensitive period and should be focused on in therapy, according to Stern.

3. The process of affect attunement is a bit of a mystery, though many have speculated that ________ is not enough to get the process off the ground.

4. When searching for causes of ________ personality disorder, for example, different theories look for an experience of abandonment or isolation as a cause.

5. The experience of the answer in #140 might be felt as the dissolution of the core sense of ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does language cause a split in the experience of the self, according to the book?

2. As what does Stern hope for his work to serve within psychology and in the world, according to the content of the book?

3. Why does Stern believe that the whole chain of reasoning that led to the idea of a barrier should be discarded?

4. What do most experienced clinicians do in terms of the development theory, according to the book?

5. What does Stern recognize about his theory, which he admits at the end of the book?

6. What does the development of the infant infer, according to Stern's findings?

7. Why might pathologies result in the study of the formation of self in the infant, according to Stern?

8. What does Stern believe about the capacities that tie diverse experiences of the social world together?

9. What should psychopathology be seen as manifesting, according to the findings of Stern?

10. What does it seem about the levels of stimulation that an infant experiences in their life, according to the content of the book?

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