Cognitive Characteristics of Play

Question 1

Repetitive Play

Answer 1

Young children tend to be OBJECTIVE ORIENTED and usually engage in body play and object play.

Question 2

Constructive Play

Answer 2

During this phase, children begin to use more advanced planning and problem solving skills, often engaging in TRANSFORMATIONAL play. (trying to create and build things, building blocks, legos)
-often assisted by scaffolding in this stage.

Question 3

Perspectives on Intelligence

What are traditional models

Answer 3

-Traditional views of intelligence emphasize the ability to succeed academically and focus on abilities such as a memory, reasoning, spatial manipulation (block manipulation), vocabulary, and analytical abilities in order to establish a score.
-Tests such as the “Wechsler” and the “Stanford Binet” measure this type of Intelligence
WISK, SP6 SP7 (you remember these, all about ACADEMIC success)

Question 4

Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences

Answer 4

he believed in a holistic view of intelligence that encompassed a variety of abilities:
-Linguistic/verbal
-Logical/mathematical
-Spatial
(first three are more traditional intelligence, but the last five are not)
-Body/Kinesthetic intelligence
-Musical intelligence
-Interpersonal intelligence (know others)
-Intrapersonal intelligence (know ourselves)
-Naturalist (how we understand things behave in the natural world)

Question 5

Robert Strenberg’s Triarchtic Intelligence.

Answer 5

like Gardner, believed in a more holistic view of intelligence, but divided his system into three broad categories.

1. Analytical [typically see on inventory]
2. Creative [how well can you come up with new ideas?]
3. Practical [how practical are you? street smarts? ]

Question 6

Who came up with Multiple Intelligence testing?

Answer 6

Howard Gardner

Question 7

Who came up with Triarchtic Intelligence Testing?

Answer 7

Robert Strenberg