The decontextualization of form and function in the development of pretence

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-351

  Bigham, Sally ^a,b   Bourchier Sutton, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148886635     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151006X153154     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Belsky, J., & Most, R. K. (1981). From exploration to play: A cross-sectional study of infant free-play behavior. Developmental Psychology, 17, 630-639.
2. Boyatzis, C. J., & Watson, M. W. (1993). Preschool children's symbolic representation of objects through gesture. Child Development, 64, 729-735.
3. Bretherton, I. (1984). Representing the social world in symbolic play: Reality and fantasy. In I. Bretherton (Ed.), Symbolic play: The development of social understanding. New York: Academic Press.
4. DeLoache, J. S. (1995). Early symbol understanding and use. In D. Medin (Ed.), The psychology of learning and motivation (Vol. 33, pp. 65-114). New York: Academic Press.
5. DeLoache, J. S. (2002). Early development of the understanding and use of symbolic artifacts. In U. Goswami (Ed.), Blackwell handbook of childhood cognitive development (pp. 206-226). Oxford: Blackwell.
6. DeLoache, J. S. (2004). Becoming symbol-minded. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8(2), 66-70.
7. DeLoache, J. S., Kolstad, V., & Anderson, K. N. (1991). Physical similarity and young children's understanding of scale models. Child Development, 62, 111-126.
8. Dunn, L. M., Dunn, L. M., Whetton, C., & Pintilie, D. (1982). British picture vocabulary scale. Windsor: NFER-Nelson.
9. Elder, J. L., & Pederson, D. R. (1978). Preschool children's use of objects in symbolic play. Child Development, 49, 500-504.
10. Flavell, J. (1985). Cognitive development (2nd ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
11. Jackowitz, E. R., & Watson, M. W. (1980). Development of object transformations in early pretend play. Developmental Psychology, 6(6), 543-549.
12. Liben, L. S. (2002). Spatial development in childhood: Where are we now? In U. Goswami (Ed.), Blackwell handbook of childhood cognitive development (pp. 326-348). Blackwell.
13. Liben, L. S. (2005). Appreciating the meaning and aesthetics of spatial-graphic representations during childhood. In L. Balter & C. Tamis-LaMonda (Eds.), Child psychology: A handbook of contemporary issues (pp. 263-292). New York: Psychology Press.
14. Liben, L. S. (2006). Education for spatial thinking. In W. Damon & R. Lerner (Series Eds.) and K. A. Renninger & I. E. Sigel (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of child psychology: Vol. 4. Child psychology in practice (6th ed., pp. 197-247). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
15. Liben, L. S., & Downs, R. M. (1992). Developing an understanding of graphic representations in children and adults: The case of GEO-graphics. Cognitive Development, 7, 331-349.
16. Lillard, A. S. (1993). Young children's conceptualization of pretense: Action or mental representational state? Child Development, 64, 372-386.
17. Lillard, A. S. (1996). Body or mind: Children's categorizing of pretense. Child Development, 67, 1717-1734.
18. Marzolf, D. P., & DeLoache, J. S. (1994). Transfer in young children's understanding of spatial relations. Child Development, 64, 1-15.
19. Myers, L. J., & Liben, L. S. (2005, April). Can you find it? Children's understanding of symbolcreators' intentions in graphic representations. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
20. Nicolich, L. (1977). Beyond sensorimotor intelligence: Assessment of symbolic maturity through analysis of pretend play. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 23, 89-99.
21. Overton, W. F., & Jackson, J. P. (1973). The representation of imagined objects in action sequences: A developmental study. Child Development, 44, 309-314.
22. Piaget, J. (1962). Play, dreams, and imitation in childhood (Originally published 1946). New York: Norton.
23. Tomasello, M., Striano, T., & Rochat, P. (1999). Do young children use objects as symbols? British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 17, 563-584.
24. Ungerer, J. A., Zelazo, P. R., Kearsley, R. B., & O'Leary, K. (1981). Developmental changes in the representation of objects in symbolic play from 18 to 34 months of age. Child Development, 52, 186-195.
25. Watson O'Reilly, A. (1995). Using representations: Comprehension and production of actions with imagined objects. Child Development, 66, 999-1010.