AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Research by Jean Piaget suggests object permanence develops when a baby is around eight months old. According to Piaget’s stages of development, object permanence is the main goal for the sensorimotor stage.

Detailed explanation-2: -Object permanence is linked to the ability to form secure attachments with others. Babies who understand that a person exists, even when they are not present, are better able to form secure attachments with care-givers.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to psychological research, object constancy is the ability to believe that a relationship is stable, hopeful, and intact, despite the presence of setbacks, conflict, or disagreements.

Detailed explanation-4: -Piaget’s stage that coincides with early childhood is the preoperational stage. The word operational means logical, so these children were thought to be illogical. However, they were learning to use language or to think of the world symbolically.

Detailed explanation-5: -But by the time your little one is about 8 months old, if not even earlier, he’ll start to understand an important concept: that favorite toys, people and other things still exist even when they’re not in plain view. That awareness is known as object permanence, and it represents a huge leap in your baby’s thinking.