It might sound a little clinical, but object permanence is just one of many important developmental milestones you get to enjoy with your little one. In a nutshell, object permanence means your baby ...

Why do babies love peekaboo so much? It may be because when you hide your face, they think it has ceased to exist. That’s according to Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget’s theories about “object ...

The work of Jean Piaget shaped our understanding of cognitive development in children, and it also gave us several tasks that we can use to study other animals. One classic issue studied by Piaget is ...

If you’ve ever played peekaboo with your little one, you’ve helped them work on object permanence. Your baby is learning that people and objects exist even when they can’t see or hear them. Object ...

Piaget’s stages of development describe how children learn as they grow up. There are four distinct stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. Jean Piaget was ...

Object permanence, as many will remember from college psychology class, refers to the understanding that things and people continue to exist even when you can’t see or hear them. First documented by ...

Rufus Tony Spann, Ph.D., L.C.P.C., L.P.C. Mental Health / Holistic Health Dr. Rufus Tony Spann is a nationally certified school psychologist, licensed professional counselor, yoga teacher and reiki ...