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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 sense of a core self is built out of patterns of __________ which maintain themselves in an equilibrium that becomes a sense of self.
(a) Interaction.
(b) Movement.
(c) History.
(d) Experience.

2. When an infant is unable to share their inner experiences, they might begin to focus on __________, rather than sharing.
(a) Ignoring.
(b) Internalizing.
(c) Regulation.
(d) Avoiding.

3. Clinicians should keep _________ theory in the background when they practice, according to Stern.
(a) Attunement.
(b) Development.
(c) Practical.
(d) Attachment.

4. Attunement is often seen as a stepping stone to __________, according to some researchers.
(a) Connection.
(b) Relationships.
(c) Language.
(d) Learning.

5. __________ intensity, according to Stern, may not be the decisive influence that many have thought it to be.
(a) Infective.
(b) Problematic.
(c) Effective.
(d) Affective.

Short Answer Questions

1. To learn, the representation of the knowledge must be laid down in long term memory, which means that the _________ memory must be developed.

2. _______ psychology can also aid in searching for causes when a diagnosis is already known, according to Stern.

3. At this stage of development, infants become emotionally responsive to the perceptions of the _________ states of others.

4. Stern notes that it is likely that __________ implications of this metaphor will come about slowly and indirectly.

5. Stern begins to discuss how the client and patient should reconstruct an effective _________ about the past.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does it mean when the book says it is cross-modal and that it can cross sensory modalities?

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

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

5. What does it mean when Stern describes the idea of deferred imitation in children?

6. What happens when a child reaches their second year of living, according to the book?

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

8. What does Freud believe about the first few months of an infant's life, according to the book?

9. Why does Stern omit the idea of an oral stage when he discusses the infant growth stages, according to the content of the book?

10. What are the three senses of self, as listed in this section of the book by Stern?

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