ABSTRACT

The extension of the possible latent period is then the most marked sign of further development. Development is evident as regards the objects recognized. To begin with, there is only identification of those impressions connected, first of all, with individual persons and things, and these must have been frequently seen, but from the second year, the ordinary environment in respect of places and things, as well; for the child's range of vision and observation has by now become perceptibly wider. From the child's third year the range of recognition includes the memory, not only of constantly repeated impressions, but of those that have only happened occasionally or even only once, a sign how much stronger and more permanent isolated experiences are. Relations and acquaintances, people who were only a short time in the house, such as the dressmaker, are all correctly named even after fairly long intervals.