2-5 Years- Psychosocial

Question 1

Describe the initiative vs guilt principle

Answer 1

• Play key driver
• Initiative: Successful play experiences contributes to sense of initiative.
• Ability to be a self-starter to initiate own activities
• Guilt: Unsuccessful play promotes guilt and failure
• A sense of guilt and inadequacy to be alone

Question 2

What is the development of play?

Answer 2

Play is characterised by:

• Pleasurable
• No extrinsic goals
• Spontaneous and voluntary
• Active engagement

Question 3

What are the types of relationships in play and what ages do they occur in?

Answer 3

• Solitary (0-1)
• Parallel (2-4)
• Cooperative (5-6)
• Competitive (7-8)

Question 4

What are the types of play and what ages do they occur in?

Answer 4

• Functional (0-2)
• Constructive (3-6)
• Make Believe (2-6)
• Games with rules (7-8+)

Question 5

What is functional play?

Answer 5

Simple repetitive movements with or without objects (running, jumping, rolling ball)

Question 6

What is constructive play?

Answer 6

Creating and constructing (block building, drawing, puzzles)

Question 7

What is make believe play?

Answer 7

Acting out imaginative and everyday roles (playing house, school, mimicking TV characters