The purpose of this assignment is to answer the three questions posed about my virtual baby, who I will refer to as Kieran throughout my assignment. I will describe changes in his exploratory or problem-solving behaviors, as well as analyze his temperament. I will also summarize his developmental assessment at nineteen months which may differ from my perception compared to what was assessed through his developmental examiner. Kieran was eight months old when I first used the object permanence test developed by Jean Piaget, in the aspect of sensorimotor development in both stages 3 and 4 of the Six Substages of Sensorimotor Development (Table 6-2 page 154) . In stage 3, children begin to show more interest in their world. Now I prepare two hiding places for the object and hide it repeatedly under one of the two covers. When I move the item to the second spot, it no longer has the problem I saw before searching in the more common of the two hiding places. I can't even fool him by hiding it in my hand. I believe this may best describe Kieran's behavior, as both information processing and Piagetian theorists believe that children's thinking becomes more sophisticated as they develop. “The information-processing approach originated in the 1960s and is now a useful principle for cognitive development” (Kail & Bisanz, 1992; Klahr & MacWhinney, 1998; Vigneau, Lavergne, & Brault, 1998). Because both types occur in children's development, Piagetian and information processing theories complement each other with some researchers attempting to combine the two in an effort to develop stronger theories of cognitive development. “Scientific reasoning begins in infancy, children see how objects move and behave, gather information, build models of expectations about the world around them, and form general categories” (Gopnik, Meltzoff & Kuhl, It has also been reported that if this continued, they would be more than ready for preschool type activities. This typically requires children to stay on task or stay in "group time" for 10-15 minutes. We know that temperament has an important influence on development and on the related concept of moderately novel activities, but can also be determined by the experiences provided by parents and early childhood structures. Temperament is linked to academic success, good relationships with peers and compliance with parental requests (Kail and Zolner). , 203). Encouraging high-quality care can provide learning opportunities based on in-depth knowledge of your child