Observation Of Object Permanence

For observation one, I went to my cousins, Brooke Skeen’s, house. Brooke had her baby Sawyer last August, so that makes him about 10 months of age. With Brooke’s consent I observed sawyer for the observation activity. When I got to Brooke’s house sawyer had eaten lunch and just woke up from his afternoon nap, it was about 1:15pm when I arrived. When I arrived Brooke and Sawyer were the only ones home at the time. Once I was ready to start observing Sawyer we went to his room. In Sawyer’s room the environment of the setting was very organized, there were appropriate toys for sawyers age that were accessible for Sawyer to gain access to. When playing in Sawyer’s room, Sawyer favored a red plastic dinosaur. When playing with this toy Sawyer would always …show more content…
These actions also show Sawyer’s hand coordination, he is very versatile with his hands, but still prefers to have his favored item in his right hand. When interacting with his toys Sawyer sits straight up with his legs out. Sawyers posture is very upright and hardly ever slouches. Sawyer showed object permanence in several ways. “Object permanence is the ability to remain aware of an object even after it has gone out of sight” (Fogel, 2011). The concept of object permanence relates to Sawyer in a lot of ways. One of the most obvious signs of object permanence was when Brooke left the room. Sawyer is now aware that she has “left” which sends him into a slight panic mode until she returns. Another sign in which Sawyer shows object permanence, was when he had a toy which played a tune every time a button was pressed. After several times Sawyer pressed the buttons, Brooke then took the toy away from Sawyer and placed it behind her back. Brooke gave Sawyer another toy to get his mind off of the one she had taken away, but