The video from learner.org was really interesting. I especially liked how it talked about how babies aren't helpless. They have traits that help their survival from the sucking reflex so that they can eat, to their cute looks and behaviors that cause adults to want to have kids of their own and to pay a lot of attention to them. Another thing that I really liked was the experiment where the lady hid a little snoopy toy in a model of the room while the child was sitting there. Then, she hid the big snoopy in the same spot in the actual room and told the child to find it. It was interesting seeing how much of a difference that little difference in age made in whether or not they would be able to understand the question and the idea of the little room being a model of the big room.
I also enjoyed the video on adolescence. I can definitely understand and relate to that video. I remember, when I was in junior high, I always got into fights with my parents over the dumbest things. I can definitely see how that is a result from wanting to be your own person and separating from your parents. In general, adolescence is a hard period of life.
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I was the complete opposite in junior high. I did get in fights with my mom, but it was usually because i was TRYING to please her and be like her. I thought that was the only way to get the things you want, and every now and then I messed up. I tried to be so perfect that each imeprfection earned a big consequence. Sp, I wasn't trying to be my own person at all. That came in high school and now we get along great! I realized after reading Perfect Match that this is called middle child syndrome. :)
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