- Oxford Library of Psychology
- The Oxford Handbook of the Development of Play
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Defining and Recognizing Play
- Cultural Variations in Beliefs about Play, Parent–Child Play, and Children’s Play: Meaning for Childhood Development
- Theories of Play
- Comparing and Extending Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s Understandings of Play: Symbolic Play as Individual, Sociocultural, and Educational Interpretation
- Gene × Environment Interactions and Social Play: Contributions from Rhesus Macaques
- Playing at Every Age: Modalities and Potential Functions in Non-Human Primates
- Play and Development
- The History of Children’s Play in the United States
- The Antipathies of Play
- The Cultural Ecology of Play: Methodological Considerations for Studying Play in Its Everyday Contexts
- Observational Methods in Studying Play
- Object Play and Tool Use: Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives
- The Development and Function of Locomotor Play
- Not Just “Playing Alone”: Exploring Multiple Forms of Nonsocial Play in Childhood
- Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders during Childhood: Implications for Social Play
- Gender and Temperament in Young Children’s Social Interactions
- Social Play of Children with Adults and Peers
- Rough-and-Tumble Play: Training and Using the Social Brain
- Children’s Games and Playground Activities in School and Their Role in Development
- Mother–Child Fantasy Play
- Origins and Consequences of Social Pretend Play
- The Development of Pretend Play in Autism
- Technology and Play
- Playing Around in School: Implications for Learning and Educational Policy
- Conclusion
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
Although historically theorists ignored the role of parents in children’s pretending, recent research has shown that American mothers model pretense behaviors for infants and coach young children’s early pretense attempts. In this chapter I first highlight four features that distinguish mothers’ pretending from children’s pretending with peers or solo. Next I discuss how mothers might help avert confusion in their early presentations of pretense, namely by changing their canonical behaviors in ways that might signal pretense (or “don’t’ take this seriously”) to their children.
Keywords: Keywords, Pretend play, mother–child interaction
Angeline S. Lillard, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- The Oxford Handbook of the Development of Play
- [UNTITLED]
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Defining and Recognizing Play
- Cultural Variations in Beliefs about Play, Parent–Child Play, and Children’s Play: Meaning for Childhood Development
- Theories of Play
- Comparing and Extending Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s Understandings of Play: Symbolic Play as Individual, Sociocultural, and Educational Interpretation
- Gene × Environment Interactions and Social Play: Contributions from Rhesus Macaques
- Playing at Every Age: Modalities and Potential Functions in Non-Human Primates
- Play and Development
- The History of Children’s Play in the United States
- The Antipathies of Play
- The Cultural Ecology of Play: Methodological Considerations for Studying Play in Its Everyday Contexts
- Observational Methods in Studying Play
- Object Play and Tool Use: Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives
- The Development and Function of Locomotor Play
- Not Just “Playing Alone”: Exploring Multiple Forms of Nonsocial Play in Childhood
- Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders during Childhood: Implications for Social Play
- Gender and Temperament in Young Children’s Social Interactions
- Social Play of Children with Adults and Peers
- Rough-and-Tumble Play: Training and Using the Social Brain
- Children’s Games and Playground Activities in School and Their Role in Development
- Mother–Child Fantasy Play
- Origins and Consequences of Social Pretend Play
- The Development of Pretend Play in Autism
- Technology and Play
- Playing Around in School: Implications for Learning and Educational Policy
- Conclusion
- Index
