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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The subjective self opens a domain of intersubjective relatedness which builds on the __________ self.

2. Stern believes that the _______ is the primary organizing principle of development.

3. A distinct sense of being with the historical other over time generates a sense of an evoked _______ where a particular person is schematized.

4. The term _______ emergence is used as a way to think about how the infant at this stage experiences the world.

5. The book claims that subjective infant experience can be ascertained through the study of ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the five different things that self-coherence integrates for the infant, according to the content of the book?

2. What does Stern say is the definition of the clinical infant as will be described and used in parts of this book?

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

4. What are some of the many forms of what might be called the self, according to this book?

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

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

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

8. How do clinical and parental views of an infant begin to converge, according to the content of the book?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Infants, Stern observes, do not separate the world into different units, i.e. pleasure and lack of pleasure.

Part 1: Why do you think babies do not categorize the world?

Part 2: How would your life change if you did not attempt to categorize the world?

Part 3: Would you want your life to be uncategorized? What would this allow you to do?

Essay Topic 2

Stern seems to be using the study of infants to help readers learn more about human nature in general.

Part 1: Do infants seem to be a good way to study human nature?

Part 2: Why is the study of human nature important to the audience?

Part 3: How might human behavior change after learning more about infants?

Essay Topic 3

Stern notes that evolution ensured survival through group membership in a species.

Part 1: Do you agree that a person needs to be a part of a group to survive?

Part 2: Do you think you could survive on your own?

Part 3: What are some of the ways that being in a group can increase your survival as a human being?

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