A Review of Bruner and Sherwoods Study of Peek-a-Boo

â€Å"A REVIEW OF BRUNER AND SHERWOOD’S STUDY OF PEEKABOO† - Laiba Khanani â€Å"Humans are social animals†. This phrase broadly describes the human behavior and its effect on their development process. One tends to make their lives worth living by experiencing different activities that help them grow. These activities cater humans to strengthen their capabilities and skills. The main aim of this review article is to introduce the concept of â€Å"peek-a-boo† and its mere importance as a game in the development process of a child. Peek-a-boo is a fundamental game which manipulates the infant’s hold on ‘object permanence’ which refers to the ability to be acquainted with the persistent existence of an object even when it is out of sight. The†¦show more content†¦One of the drawbacks of the study could be that it only includes a female child and there is no variation in age involved. Considering the fact that there is always a difference between the personalities and behavior of the two genders especially in childhood, the experiment should have included a control dyad or could also use a mother son dyad. At this point, the study loses its ability to generalize due to the fact that gender difference has been ignored. Furthermore, the study could also be criticized on the fact that it does not highlight the presence of chi ldren that suffer from psychological issues or disorders such as dyslexia. Unlike children with presence of mind, some infants are not even able to respond to visualizations at an early age. Therefore, the experiment lacks reliability due to exclusion of mentally challenged children or those who suffer from psychological disorders from the experiment. The study explains how the mother helps the child to make contact in the first round of the experiment. However, the experiment does not focus on the possibility of an unknown individual helping the child with the first round. Peek-a-boo being a very common game played in childhood even in today’s time, it is not necessary that the game is played between the mother and the child. Anyone around could play the game with the child so as to make the child comfortable around that individual. Therefore, the study by Bruner