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Symbolic Play and Its Cognitive Significance
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Golomb, Claire; Cornelius, Cheryl Brandt – Developmental Psychology, 1977
This study examined the relation between symbolic play training and conservation in 30 middle-class nonconserving 4-year-old children. Results showed that 13 experimental subjects manifested some change in solving conservation problems after symbolic play training while only one control subject showed any change toward conservation on the…
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Play, Preschool Education, Problem Solving
Classroom Contextual Effects on Children's Play.
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Pellegrini, A. D.; Perlmutter, Jane C. – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Results of three studies suggested that children's play was mediated by their age, playmates' sex, and play props. Children's behavior seemed to change with age and with the children's consideration of the sex-role appropriateness of interacting in particular play areas and with particular peers. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Context Effect, Play
Effects of Visual and Auditory Aspects of Mothers and Strangers on the Play and Exploration of Children.
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Adams, Roderick E.; Passman, Richard H. – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Interaction Process Analysis, Mothers, Play
A Longitudinal Study of Social Participation in Preschool Children: Solitary and Parallel Play Reexamined.
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Smith, Peter K. – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Group play increased and solitary play decreased during the nine-month period children were studied, while parallel play did not vary much in overall occurrence. (CM)
Descriptors: Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Longitudinal Studies, Play
Correlates of Preschool Girls' Feminine and Masculine Toy Preferences.
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Eisenberg-Berg, Nancy; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Descriptors: Females, Forced Choice Technique, Interaction Process Analysis, Play
Relations Between Preschool Activity and Aspects of Intellectual and Social Behavior at Age 7 1/2
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Halverson, Charles F., Jr.; Waldrop, Mary F. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Studied the relationship between the intense, high energy behavior of 62 preschool children and differences in cognitive style and related social behavior of the same children 5 years later. (GO)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary School Students, Hyperactivity
Development of Gender Constancy and Children's Sex-Typed Free Play Behavior.
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Smetana, Judith G.; Letourneau, Karen J. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Examines relationships among gender constancy, preferences for same- or opposite-sex playmates, and sex-typed activities in preschool children. Findings suggest that, at least for females, gender concepts may have an organizing role in sex-role development by motivating children to seek social contexts in which to acquire and practice…
Descriptors: Conformity, Peer Groups, Peer Influence, Peer Relationship
Creating Informal Play Opportunities: Are Parents' and Preschoolers' Initiations Related to Children's Competence with Peers?
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Ladd, Gary W.; Hart, Craig H. – Developmental Psychology, 1992
Assessed preschoolers' peer relations and measured the frequency of parents' and children's initiations of children's play interactions with peers. Frequent parent initiations were associated with high levels of children's prosocial behavior. Children who more often initiated interactions displayed less anxious behavior than children who less…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Interpersonal Competence, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence