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azurelunatic) wrote2003-04-07 04:09 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2003-04-07 04:09 pm
Development, childhood
Little Fayoumis is still having troubles finding things when they are not where they usually are, and does not have good "looking for things" skills. His eyes will brush over the object in question when it is not in its accustomed place, and will often not see it until it is pointed out.
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A large majority of males are spatially oriented (ability to rotate virtual objects in space/time) and ADDED TO THAT they are concrete-sequential thinkers. This means that when they look for something, they will sequentially look in the last place they saw it, and then in any other logical place it could be. If it is not where it is supposed to be, then all is lost and one must ask the nearest abstract-random (usually a female) to help find it. It is very difficult for a spatial-concrete-sequential thinker to extrapolate any possiblities beyond the obvious.
This tendency carries over into adulthood but is not a personality trait set in stone. [/lecture mode]
I should've been a psych prof... I did, after all, get my B.A. in psychology for a reason. :-)
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His piggybank is on top of the entertainment center.
He was standing in front of the place where the entertainment center used to be, looking up to where the piggy bank would have been, completely ignoring the entertainment center five feet away.
"Look for it," I said.
He looked randomly around the room, not actually looking.
*sigh*
He'll get better at that, I think...
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Oof... silly Fayoumis.
He'll get better at that, I think...
Yes, one usually hopes that is the case. :-)
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This is why I'm thinking it's a developmental thing.
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