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Direct linkKirk, Patty – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2004
According to Jean Piaget, children begin to develop a concept of an object, such as that it has sides that are not visible from the child's perspective or that it is likely to be where one saw it last, in early infancy. By the close of the prelinguistic phase at about 2 years old, the child has developed a mature object concept, one that…
Descriptors: Object Permanence, Picture Books, Piagetian Theory, Childrens Literature
Peer reviewedSubbotskii, E. V. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1991
Examines perceptions of adults compared with preschool children in assuming object permanence or discontinuity of existence when an object is removed from their immediate perceptual field. Results showed that a belief in the possibility of the discontinuity of material objects is not unique to the minds of preschool children but can also be…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Beliefs, Cognitive Processes
