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W1hen Vida Mia was 3 months old: The lack of sleep during the work-week has been getting on

everyone's nerves, and recently you and your partner had

some uncustomary arguments. You try getting to bed earlier

on weeknights and sleeping in more on weekends.

You processed this event on: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 at 7:31:26 PM

When Vida Mia was 3 months old: Vida Mia is able to focus her eyes on you. She spends a lot of

time studying your face and the faces of anyone who comes

close to her.


When Vida Mia was 3 months old: At 3 months of age, Vida Mia is showing more intense interest

in her surroundings. Vida Mia smiles at familiar people and toys,

is able to laugh at surprising or funny things (such as a little dog),

and is developing lots of cute little habits.


When Vida Mia was 8 months old: You try the object permanence test. Vida Mia is able to find a

hidden object, as long as you don't wait too long or distract her in

the middle of the search. Vida Mia really likes this hiding game

and shows by her interest that she wants it repeated. However, if

you hide the object in the same place repeatedly, and then change

the hiding place, Vida Mia has a strong tendency to look in the

old hiding place, and then get confused about where the object is,

or forget about it. This curious error was first discovered by

Piaget, but researchers have some new explanations for the error.

You processed this event on: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 at 6:47:37 PM

When Vida Mia was 8 months: As Vida Mia turns 9 months, the pediatrician has the following to say

after a routine physical exam, a few items administered from the

Bayley Scales of Infant Intelligence, and some observations of Vida

Mia in the playroom: Vida Mia has an obvious attachment to you and

prefers you over other people, but seems to have fun playing with your

partner. She was cautious at first with the nurse and doctor, a normal

reaction to strangers at this age. Based on your report, Vida Mia is

physically healthy. The doctor recommends a greater variety of baby

food and ground up fruits and vegetables. Vida Mia is cautious and shy

in most new situations or with new people. With you present, she will

eventually explore, but rarely warms up completely to the strange

situation or person. Vida Mia has typical emotional reactions for her

age, such as fear of total strangers, separation anxiety and a quick, loud

cry when upset or in pain. Vida Mia is advanced in her gross and fine

motor skills and enjoys crawling, pulling up to stand and manipulating

objects.

When Vida Mia was 12 months old: Virtual Child uses five dimensions of temperament to describe

the child's behavior in the first 30 months. These dimensions are random at birth, are influenced by your

questionnaire responses, and change gradually over time in response to events and parenting decisions.

The five dimensions are activity, sociability, emotionality, aggressiveness vs. cooperativeness, and self

control. There is behavior genetic and longitudinal evidence for varying numbers of temperamental traits

and the five traits used in the program are on a lot of lists. Studies also show that temperament changes in

response to strong environmental pressures.

ACTIVITY refers to the physical and mental energy level of the child. Highly active children may sleep

less, be more restless, and engage in more physical activity. Less active children may sleep more, enjoy

quiet pastimes, and show less interest in vigorous physical activity.

SOCIABILITY refers to the child's friendliness and desire for social interaction. Highly sociable children

are sometimes given the label "extroverted" and less sociable children the label "introverted."

EMOTIONALITY refers to the intensity of emotion experienced by the child. Highly emotional children

may show more of everything (anger, joy, sadness) and more fluctuation in moods. Less emotional

children may show less extreme emotions and less fluctuation over periods of time.

AGGRESSIVENESS VS. COOPERATIVENESS refers to the tendency of the child to be aggressive in

social situations with the parent, day-care provider or other children. Highly aggressive children may be

quite resistant to parental demands and throw tantrums or even lash out at the parent or other children.

Less aggressive children tend to be more cooperative, or to whine and fuss rather than actively resist the

parent. Research indicates that boys are somewhat more aggressive than girls, but there is a great deal of

overlap between the sexes, and this is reflected in Virtual Child.

SELF CONTROL refers to the child's ability to control his or her behavior, delay gratification, plan out a

course of action, or inhibit responses to a typical situations. This is not exactly the same thing as

aggressiveness or emotionality. For example, a child with low self control might take a cookie when

asked to wait, not out of a spirit of lack of cooperation, but just due to low impulse control. Children who

are extreme on this dimension may fit typical criteria for attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity. The

Virtual Child has a 5% chance of having moderate to severe hyperactivity and a 5% chance of having

mild hyperactivity.

GOODNESS OF FIT is a concept that is closely related to temperament. It refers to the tendency of the

parent to adapt his/her behavior to the child's temperament. For example, suppose you have a very active

child, and you are trying to promote exploration and learning. Rather than "going against the grain" and

attempting to quiet the child down to look at a book about bugs, you might appeal to the child's active

nature and choose to go on a walk and talk about the bugs you see. Goodness of fit also applies to

developmental level. For example, at 6-8 months most infants are at least somewhat anxious around

strangers, so you would want to introduce the child to a new person gradually rather than thrusting the

child into the person's arms. Parents desiring to change their child's temperament, or help their child

develop a particular skill, can benefit from the principle of goodness of fit, and the related concept of

moderate novelty. Parents desiring to encourage growth in their child should introduce moderately novel

activities and experiences, because children are more likely to pay attention to and profit from such

experiences.


When Vida was 2 years old: Your partner is spending more time with Vida Mia lately. Money is

tight, because you are saving to buy a house, but your partner and Vida Mia have fun in inexpensive

activities like going to the zoo, the petting farm, museums and the park.


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