Children in the mirror: Scientists have figured out how the mirror affects the formation of the character of the child
Scientists from Columbia University experimentally proved that the habit of looking at the mirror every day forms in the child self-confidence and optimistic outlook on life.
Contemplation of one’s own reflection, according to experts from Colombia, influences how the child gets used to perceive himself in this world.
The mental and emotional state of people who from childhood were accustomed every day to look at their mirror reflection, are more balanced, stable.
Scientists have discovered that children can recognize themselves in the mirror and associate what they have seen with their own personality since the age of one and a half years.
Until this age, children cannot distinguish the mirror reflection of themselves from another child, believing that they do not see themselves in the mirror.
The experiment of Colombian scientists was carried out within a month. They deprived a group of tested children and adults the opportunity to look in the mirror. All participants in the experiment were located in rooms where there was not a single reflective surface.
After one month, all adults found depressive changes, a violation of socialization, and in children - an increased level of anxiety and unwillingness to communicate with their peers.
At the end of the experiment, the test children refused to play new games, especially competitive ones, because did not believe in the possibility of their own victory.
Returning the mirrors to the premises at the end of the experiment for two days helped all participants in the experience, regardless of age. Psychologists and psychiatrists have found that the subjects began to communicate more often, smile, the children became more contact and confident.
