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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. According to the author, the infant has a sense of _______ for themselves and for the other and can then form relations between the two.

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

3. In Chapter Two, Stern makes a distinction between the _______ infant and the observed infant.

4. Evidence is beginning to show that _________ can recognize the intersubjective stages in others as well.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are parts of the subjective experience in the Self with Other, according to Stern?

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

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

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

6. What may always be too much for the behavioral sciences, though it must still be theorized about?

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

8. How do the experiences of being with another become active acts of integration, according to the content of the book?

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

The infant begins to understand that they have a mind and that others do too.

Part 1: Why is it important to realize that others have a mind too?

Part 2: Do you think that you understand that others have minds too? How?

Part 3: How do you think you can observe an infant who realizes that others have minds too?

Essay Topic 2

Before infants are a part of the social world, they do not make eye contact and they do not try to interact.

Part 1: What do you think happens inside a baby's head before they are able to be a part of the social world?

Part 2: How do you define the idea of socialization in society?

Part 3: Do you think that socialization is an important part of human development? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

When a child begins to acquire language, it changes their entire experience of the world.

Part 1: Do you think language is an important acquisition for a human? Why?

Part 2: How do you feel language helps you or hurts you in your life today?

Part 3: Do you think a human could be a human without being able to talk in the way many do?

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