(August 1, 2016 at 11:41 am)Nymphadora Wrote: Actually, studies have been done on this. They do something called separation, up until around age two. When they can see their mother is in the room, she exists. When the mother leaves the room, they separate from the thought that she is still "there". To them, she no longer exists (until she comes back in the room)
This is what is also known as black and white thinking. It's either all or nothing.
Yeah, the idea of object permanence isn't yet consolidated in their mind at their age. That's why the whole peek-a-boo works so well on them.
