My Virtual Child Observation Report

At 8 months, has it states on the website, “Amelia is able to find a hidden object, as long as you don't wait too long or distract her in the middle of the search. Amelia really likes this hiding game and shows by her interest that she wants it repeated. However, if you hide the object in the same place repeatedly, and then change the hiding place, Amelia has a strong tendency to look in the old hiding place, and then get confused about where the object is, or forget about it” (My Virtual Child, 2014). This is because based on Piaget’s Sensorimotor theory, in substage 4 (4 - 8 months), they start to engage in “intentional or goal-directed” behavior. They are able to coordinate schemes to solve problems (Berks & Meyers, 2016, pg. 204). They are able to find the hidden object by coordinating two schemes, which are pushing and grasping. By then, the are able to master
Some research suggests that they search at A (where they found the object on previous reaches) instead of B (its most recent location) because they have trouble inhibiting a previously rewarded motor response…” (Berks & Meyers, 2016, pg. 206). They are still working on their reaching and grasping skills, so they give little attention to focus on inhibiting their reach for A. By 12 months, “Amelia is able to find the object even after long delays and seems to think this is a great game! You set up two hiding places for the object and hide it under one of the two covers repeatedly. When you switch it to the second hiding place, she no longer has the problem you saw earlier of searching at the more common of the two hiding places. You can't even trick her by hiding it in your hand. Amelia likes this game and wants to play it over and over.” (My Virtual Child, 2014). By 15 months, she pushes her bath toys under water at various depths and delightedly watches how high they pop back above the