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The effect of make‐believe play on deductive reasoning

British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1988
Under certain circumstances, a deductive or ‘theoretical’ mode of reasoning is revealed among young children, as well as among illiterate adults. In four experiments we asked whether 4‐, 5‐ and 6‐year‐old children can extend their deductive abilities to syllogisms whose content runs counter to their practical world knowledge.
M. G. Dias, P. L. Harris
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When space crews play make believe

New Scientist, 2014
Even astronauts sometimes pretend they are in space. Over the past week, two simulated trips came to a close. One took place on a Hawaiian volcano, while another dove deep to an underwater habitat off Florida's coast. In both cases, the crew was tasked with a vital mission: to learn more about themselves. Here, why astronauts pretend to go to space and
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Locutions and illlocutions in make-believe play

Journal of Pragmatics, 1984
Abstract An explication of the concept ‘make-believe play’ is proposed. This explication is applied in the classification of verbal expressions produced by children as part of their make-believe play into distinct function types. Various syntactic, semantic, logical, and pragmatic peculiarities characteristic of these types of locutions are analyzed ...
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Child's Play: Myth, Mimesis and Make‐Believe

American Anthropologist, 2000
Child's Play: Myth, Mimesis and Make‐Believe. L. R. Goldman. New York: Berg Publishers. 1998. 302 pp.
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Delay of Gratification and Make-Believe Play of Preschoolers

Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2005
Abstract This study examined the relationship between children's ability to delay gratification and time spent in make-believe play in a sample of 39 three-to five-year-old children. Delay of gratification was determined in an experimental situation (Mischel, 1974). Children's play was assessed using a teacher questionnaire, a mother interview, a child
Joanna J. Cemore, Joan E. Herwig
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Learning Through Make-Believe Play

2001
Two days a week, Kevin leaves his office 45 minutes early to take charge of his 2-year-old daughter, Sophie, while her mother, a university professor, teaches a late class. One balmy spring afternoon, Kevin retrieved Sophie at her child-care center and drove the 15-minute route home. Invited to look in on Sophie’s play, I met the pair at the front door
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Make-Believe Play: Wellspring for Development of Self-Regulation

2006
Abstract The early childhood years are a crucial time for the development of self-regulation — an array of complex mental capacities that includes impulse and emotion control, self-guidance of thought and behavior, planning, self-reliance, and socially responsible behavior.
LAURA E. BERK, TRISHA D. MANN, AMY T. OGAN   +2 more
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Musical make-believe playing: three preschoolers collaboratively initiating play ‘in-between’

Early Years, 2015
This study presents an analysis of a video observation of three six-year-olds interacting in front of a synthesizer in a Swedish preschool and using a new music technology (MIROR-Impro). It investigates how a musical role-play unfolds as an intermediate activity when there is a malfunction with the set-up of the technology and how it recommences when ...
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Pretense: The form and function of make-believe play

Developmental Review, 1989
Abstract This paper proposes that make-believe play expresses the young child's emerging capacity to engage in counterfactual or would-be thinking. Three important developments enable preschoolers to create joint make-believe worlds with others: the ability to (1) manage multiple roles as playwrights and actors, (2) invent novel plots, and (3 ...
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