Did you know the reason babies love peek-a-boo so much and never grow tired of it is because…
Have you ever wondered why babies enjoy peek-a-boo so much? According to scientists, the reason for this is that infants lack what they call object permanence. This is the ability to know that objects continue to exist even if you don’t see, hear, smell, touch or feel them.
Object permanence an aspect of developmental psychology which still divides scientists, who haven’t been able to achieve a consensus on whether this ability is present at birth or is acquired. The Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget believes object permanence develops within a period of two years after the baby is born. He considers this as one of the great achievements of infants, as without it they wouldn't be able to understand that there are separate and permanent objects in existence.
Peek-a-boo is an illustration of one of the main tests used by scientists to see whether infants have developed object permanence or still lack it. Babies lose interest in this game once they realize that the hidden objects still exist even when they can’t see them.
PHOTO: Maura Schulze, assigned to the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge, plays peek-a-boo with a child in the Children's Ward at Hospital Likas during a community service project. Blue Ridge was in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia for a scheduled port visit
Object permanence an aspect of developmental psychology which still divides scientists, who haven’t been able to achieve a consensus on whether this ability is present at birth or is acquired. The Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget believes object permanence develops within a period of two years after the baby is born. He considers this as one of the great achievements of infants, as without it they wouldn't be able to understand that there are separate and permanent objects in existence.
Peek-a-boo is an illustration of one of the main tests used by scientists to see whether infants have developed object permanence or still lack it. Babies lose interest in this game once they realize that the hidden objects still exist even when they can’t see them.
PHOTO: Maura Schulze, assigned to the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge, plays peek-a-boo with a child in the Children's Ward at Hospital Likas during a community service project. Blue Ridge was in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia for a scheduled port visit
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