a very active, playful and curious boy. Just look at the way he studied the dolls at the beginning and how he played and discovered how to roll some round thing (I don’t know what it was) later, you will see. And fitting the blocks into their right holes also shows that Ali is in fact a little scientist with his “trial and error” experimentation.Ali is passed the age to be awe by peek-a-boo because he has achieved Object Permanence, “the realization that objects still exist even when they cannot be seen, touched or heard” (Berger 181), as early as 4.5 months old. As stated in Berger on page 182, to find a hidden object requires at least two abilities: “setting a goal and knowing how to achieve it”, and a child will not have those abilities until he is at least 8 months old. Ali is way passed that so he could find something that Dr. Berg was trying to hide under a towel easily. He still enjoys this hide-and-seek game, but it is much less fun at his age “unless the hiding is less obvious” (Berger 183).Ali has a wonderful personality, which is the emotions, behaviors, and attitudes that make an individual unique (Berger 216), or as least I think so for the following reasons. He is outgoing, assertive, active, easygoing, kind and helpful…. These characteristics put him into the 40% easy-temperament (Berger 221). With further observation, I can safely conclude that Ali belongs to the first two dimensions of temperaments in the “big-five”, which are Extroversion and Agreeableness (Berger 221).I cannot believe that I was able to see so much in a child the way the text shows in such a short period. I was particularly impressed with how incredibly secured Ali was, which shows through his friendliness, kindness and curiosity. In addition to his well-developed cognitive skills (in communicating, learning, playing…), his general physical conditions as well as his...
