Reflection Blog 3

I loved the book reading this week. I was very fascinated by Piaget’s theory about sensorimotor thinking. I never really thought about learning in steps like the idea of object permanence. It seems absurd to think that just because you cant see something directly, doesn’t mean its not there. I would like to conduct this experiment just to see if it really is true. I would think that if the baby saw you cover up the toy, and can see the shape of the toy under the blanket, that they would still know its there. But this theory states otherwise. This theory states that once you cover up the object the baby will forget that it is even there. To them there is not longer a toy in front of them. Out of sight out of mind. I found that very interesting.

I also like the article “What’s the difference between boys and girls”. Physically the difference is quite simple but when you start thinking about it, what makes a boy act like a boy? What makes a girl act like a girl? When my brother was about 1 and half years old, he would play with toy cars and make car noises. Where did he learn that? My sister and I certainly did not teach him how to make car noises. We usually played with dolls, but Joe was never interested in them unless it was to cut their hair. It is surprising how much our hormones play a part in becoming the gender we are. Young boys definitely play rough and rowdy and that is what society expects of boys, where as girls are usually more verbal beings which is again, what society expects.