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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. Hypothesizing about infant experience requires the use of an unobserved "_____ quality" in order to make an inference.

2. Stern asserts that there are some elements of the sense of self that exist prior to language use including all of the following except ______.

3. ___________ can regulate the infant's attention and engagement as a result of the idea of self-regulation that is happening to the infant and around them.

4. The infant begins to see themselves as __________, just as the infant begins to see others around them.

5. According to the book new _______ has opened doors for acquiring new information and generating new theories.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Stern believe is part of the reason for infants responding to parental behavior, according to the content of the book?

4. What is the goal of the book in its exploration of the subjective life of infants, according to the content of the book?

5. What does intersubjective relatedness involve deliberately in the study of infants, according to the content of the book?

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

7. How can a person begin to understand the experience of the social self, according to Stern?

8. What happens as a result of infants having a central disposition to create and test the hypotheses of the world?

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

10. What does the emergence of the subjective self mean for the infant in terms of opening a domain?

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

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?

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