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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, The Four Senses of the Self, Chapter 3, The Sense of an Emergent Self.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first eight weeks of life, Stern believes that infants form a sense of a/an ______ self.
(a) Inspired.
(b) Created.
(c) Emerging.
(d) Capacitated.

2. According to the book, Stern explores the nature of the infant's experience through the study of the ______.
(a) Siblings.
(b) Self.
(c) Other.
(d) Parents.

3. Stern asserts that there are some elements of the sense of self that exist prior to language use including all of the following except ______.
(a) Temporary continuity.
(b) Permanent continuity.
(c) Physical cohesion.
(d) Sense of agency.

4. According to the book the infant does not see the world in terms of separate domains, it is experienced as ______.
(a) Unified.
(b) Divided.
(c) Prioritized.
(d) Separate.

5. This section describes the main objectives of the book and includes all of the following topics except ______.
(a) Whether infants have a sense of self.
(b) How infants perceive objects.
(c) How infants unify experience.
(d) How infants multiply experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. From 6-9 months of age, infants begin to consolidate a core sense of self that is no longer ______.

2. There is little evidence showing that psychological insults and ______ at one age predict later clinical problems.

3. New stages of development create _____ senses of self such as with newly acquired behaviors and capabilities.

4. The first sense of a self created in the first 8 weeks will remain active for _______.

5. Clinical and parental view tend to converge in believing the child has an active subjective life including ______.

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