Symbolic

Question 1

Child exhibits internal mental representation

Answer 1

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 2

Tool-use (uses stick to reach toy)

Answer 2

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 3

Finds toy invisibly hidden (when placed in a box and box emptied under scarf)

Answer 3

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 4

Pretends using life-like props

Answer 4

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 5

Does not stack solid ring

Answer 5

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 6

Familiar, everyday activities (eating, sleeping) in which child has been an active participant

Answer 6

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 7

Short isolated schemas (single pretend actions)

Answer 7

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 8

Self as agent (auto-symbolic or self-representational play, i.e., child pretends to go to sleep, to eat from a spoon, or to drink from an empty cup)

Answer 8

Symbolic level I: 17-19 months

Question 9

Activities of familiar others (cooking, reading, cleaning, shaving)

Answer 9

Symbolic Level II: 19-22 months

Question 10

Short, isolated schema combinations (child combines two actions or toys in pretend, e.g., rocking doll and putting it to bed; pouring from pitcher into cup, or feeding doll from plate with spoon)

Answer 10

Symbolic Level II: 19-22 months

Question 11

Child acts on doll (Doll is passive recipient of action); brushes doll’s hair, covers doll with blanket

Answer 11

Symbolic Level II: 19-22 months

Question 12

Child performs pretend actions on more than one object or person, e.g., feeds self, a doll, mother, or another child

Answer 12

Symbolic Level II: 19-22 months

Question 13

Refers to objects and persons not present

Answer 13

Symbolic Level II: 19-22 months

Question 14

Requests information

Answer 14

Symbolic Level II: 19-22 months

Question 15

Elaborated single schemas (represents daily experiences with details, e.g., puts lid on pan, puts pan on stove; collects items associated with cooking/ eating such as dishes, pans, silverware, glasses, highchair

Answer 15

Symbolic Level III: 2 years

Question 16

Reverses roles–”I’ll play you and you play me.”

Answer 16

Symbolic Level III: 2 years

Question 17

Comments on activity of self (get apple)

Answer 17

Symbolic Level III: 2 years

Question 18

Comments on doll (baby sleep)

Answer 18

Symbolic Level III: 2 years

Question 19

Compensatory play: Re-enacts experienced events, but modifies original outcomes

Answer 19

Symbolic Level V: 3 Years

Question 20

Evolving episode sequences, e.g., child mixes cake, bakes it, washes dishes; or doctor checks patient, calls ambulance, takes patient to hospital (sequence not planned)

Answer 20

Symbolic Level V: 3 Years

Question 21

Transforms self into role

Answer 21

Symbolic Level V: 3 Years

Question 22

Engages in associative play, i.e., children do similar activities, may share same role, but no organized goal

Answer 22

Symbolic Level V: 3 Years

Question 23

Carries out pretend activities with replica toys (Fisher Price/ Playmobile, dollhouse, barn, garage, village, airport)

Answer 23

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 24

Uses one object to represent another (Stick can be a comb, chair can be a car)

Answer 24

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 25

Uses blocks and sandbox for imaginative play. Blocks used as enclosures (fences, houses) for animals and dolls

Answer 25

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 26

Represents observed events, i.e., events in which child was not an active participant (policemen, firemen, war, cowboys, schemas/scripts from TV shows – Batman, Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers

Answer 26

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 27

Child assigns roles to other children; negotiates play

Answer 27

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 28

Multiple reversible roles (“I’ll be a and b and you be x“), e.g., child is ticket seller, pilot, and airline steward, but co- player is always passenger

Answer 28

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 29

Uses doll or puppet as participant in play: Child talks for doll

Answer 29

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 30

Uses doll or puppet as participant in play: Reciprocal role taking– child talks for doll and as parent of doll

Answer 30

Symbolic Level VI: 3 to 3 1/2 Years

Question 31

Uses language to invent props and set scene

Answer 31

Symbolic Level VII: 3 1/2 to 4 Years

Question 32

Builds 3-dimensional structures with blocks

Answer 32

Symbolic Level VII: 3 1/2 to 4 Years

Question 33

Improvisations and variations on themes

Answer 33

Symbolic Level VII: 3 1/2 to 4 Years

Question 34

Schemas/scripts are planned

Answer 34

Symbolic Level VII: 3 1/2 to 4 Years

Question 35

Hypothesizes “what would happen if”

Answer 35

Symbolic Level VII: 3 1/2 to 4 Years

Question 36

Uses dolls and puppets to act out schemas/scripts

Answer 36

Symbolic Level VII: 3 1/2 to 4 Years

Question 37

Child or doll has multiple roles (e.g., mother and wife; fireman, husband, father)

Answer 37

Symbolic Level VII: 3 1/2 to 4 Years

Question 38

Can use language to set the scene, actions, and roles in play

Answer 38

Symbolic Level VIII: 5 years

Question 39

Highly imaginative activities that integrate parts of known schemas/scripts for events child has never participated in or observed (e.g., astronaut builds ship, flies to strange planet, explores, eats unusual food, talks with creatures on planet)

Answer 39

Symbolic Level VIII: 5 years

Question 40

Plans several sequences of pretend events. Organizes what is needed – both objects and other children. Coordinates several scripts occurring simultaneously

Answer 40

Symbolic Level VIII: 5 years

Question 41

Engages in collaborative play, i.e., play roles coordinated and themes are goal-directed

Answer 41

Symbolic Level VIII: 5 years