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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. Stern describes four distinct senses of the self that emerge at different times including all of the following except ______.

2. Primary psychological needs for __________, according to Stern, may also play a role in the emergence of intersubjectivity.

3. The subjective self opens a domain of intersubjective relatedness which builds on the __________ self.

4. ________ are formed as a result of the repeat events, of the repeat lived experiences that infants experience.

5. Stern asserts that the process of subjectively experiencing social interactions requires _____ senses of self.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do caregivers of an infant do as a result of the infant seeing others as self-regulating, according to the content of the book?

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

4. What happens when an infant develops their sense of subjective self, according to the content of the book?

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

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

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

8. What happens when an infant gains a sense of core self for herself and for others?

9. What are fusion like experiences dependent on, according to Stern in his findings about infants?

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

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

Social interactions with others, according to the book, help to provide numerous opportunities to develop the sense of integration.

Part 1: What kinds of social interactions might be helpful?

Part 2: Do you think that social interactions continue to help provide a sense of belonging as a person gets older?

Part 3: How do you think your life would change without social interaction?

Essay Topic 3

The observed infant is different from the clinical infant, according to Stern in this book.

Part 1: Why do you think the observed and clinical infants differ?

Part 2: Do you think it's possible to have a clinical infant?

Part 3: How do you think the observed infant is controlled by the world around them?

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