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Effects of modelling on children's pretend play.
Paula Lyytinensubject
MaleSymbolismPoison controlHuman factors and ergonomicsCognitionGeneral MedicineSuicide preventionImitative BehaviorDevelopmental psychologyPlay and PlaythingsLanguage developmentArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Action (philosophy)Child PreschoolInjury preventionDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyImaginationSemioticsHumansFemalePsychologyGeneral Psychologydescription
The effects of modelling on pretend play were studied in children between 2.6 and 3.6 years of age by examining changes both in the action and language-based expressions of pretending. Three modelled scenes were demonstrated with the same realistic toys used by the child in the pre-modelling phase. The results gave support to the idea of the effectiveness of modelling. The effects of the modelled scenes were clearest among children whose pre-modelling play consisted of object-centred actions including few of pretending. The post-modelling play of this subgroup showed better quality of action and language categories and integration measures. Among the decentred players no significant action benefit could be achieved. This might have been an outcome of the contextual limits of the toy material and of the drop of play motivation caused by the model interruption. However, these children expressed verbal pretending revealing significant pre-post effects for inventive utterances.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-09-01 | Scandinavian journal of psychology |