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

2. Sleep or ________ problems can also be what manifests after a person's core sense of self is dissolved for some reason.

3. Children also begin to acquire a capacity to engage in _________ play, or the process of imitating the actions of adults in their lives.

4. Once a child's ________ year of life begins, their language skills improve and begin to be a part of their experience.

5. Attunement is often seen as a stepping stone to __________, according to some researchers.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What might result in anxiety disorders later in life, according to Stern's studies in this book?

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

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

5. What development has Stern's book sought to describe and to explore?

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

7. What does the quasi-imitation that happens between an infant and their mother produce?

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

9. At what age do mothers add a new dimension of affect attunement when they are with their infants?

10. Why should the period of emergence of each sense of self be focused on when an infant is studied, according to the content of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Freud believed that a child, at the beginning of life, had a protective shield against stimuli.

Part 1: Why do you think Freud believed that children were not subject to stimuli at first?

Part 2: Do you agree with Freud's idea that children lack the ability to understand and perceive stimuli?

Part 3: How do you think a child's experience is changed if they experience stimuli at a younger age?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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