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Play: in psychology, play refers to a range of voluntary, intrinsically motivated activities. Play is crucial for cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development. It helps in learning new skills, expressing creativity, understanding the world, and developing social connections. See also Creativity, Socialization, Social relations, Understanding, Learning, Cognition, Stages of Development. _____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Developmental Psychology on Play (Psychology) - Dictionary of Arguments
Upton I 81 Play/Developmental psychology/Upton: Socio-dramatic play is perhaps the most complex form, as it involves sharing a fantasy world with others. Children deed to negotiate roles (…), agree on the development of the narrative (…), on rules (…) and symbolism(…). >Play/Psychological theories, >Play/Parten. Interaction: [Socio-dramatic play] requires a sophisticated level of interaction and is thought to foster children’s understanding of other minds (Dunn, 1988)(1) because of the opportunities present for discussing thoughts, feelings Upton I 82 and motivations (...). It also helps children develop a sense of who they are as they practise different social roles and learn about how others see them. >Social learning, >Social behavior, >Social identity, >Socialization. 1. Dunn, J. (1988) The Beginnings of Social Understanding. Oxford: Blackwell._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Developmental Psychology Upton I Penney Upton Developmental Psychology 2011 |