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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 book the author is both a psychoanalyst and a _______, one who studies child development.

2. The domain of intersubjective relatedness arises from something called _______ attunement, according to Stern.

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

4. According to the book, psychoanalysis is a _______ theory that is used to acquire information about patients.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens before a child begins to create a more social understanding of their world, according to Stern?

2. Why don't the two core selves of an infant get confused, according to the research of Stern?

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

4. What does research show about infants and the experience of intersubjective stages in others, according to the content of the book?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What are the two parts that make up the sense of the emergent self, according to Stern in this book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Psychology assumes that development is the progression from one stage to the next, according to the book.

Part 1: How do you think the a human progresses in their lives?

Part 2: Why do you think the model of stages might not be effective for following the development of a human?

Part 3: Do you think that development in your own life has occurred in stages?

Essay Topic 3

Stern believes that many of the experiences people experience as a whole are genetic in nature.

Part 1: What role do you think genetics play in the development of social experiences?

Part 2: Why do you think Stern believes that genetics are the source of many experiences?

Part 3: Do you think the idea of genetic-based experiences is limiting?

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