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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 notes there is some evidence from _________ research to support the view that emotional states have an important organizing role.

2. What the infant enjoys and what reality is accepted arise together for the _________, not the latter after the former.

3. Infants must have two versions of the same _______ available, as they enter into this stage of development.

4. Stern notes that it is likely that __________ implications of this metaphor will come about slowly and indirectly.

5. Stern seeks to describe the development of the infant's sense of __________ in this book.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stern recognize about his theory, which he admits at the end of the book?

2. What happens when a child reaches their second year of living, according to the book?

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

4. What sense is most sensitive during its formation, according to Stern in this book?

5. What does it mean when the book says it is cross-modal and that it can cross sensory modalities?

6. What are the stages of development that Stern recommends foregoing in terms of analysis?

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

8. 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?

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

10. Why does Stern believe that the whole chain of reasoning that led to the idea of a barrier should be discarded?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Infants seem to be emotionally responsive to those around them, changing their moods based on how they feel others are acting.

Part 1: Do you agree that infants react to those around them?

Part 2: How do you think a parent should change their behavior if their infant reacts to the way they act?

Part 3: Why do you think infants might be programmed to respond to others around them?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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