Terms 16-30 Flashcards
Practice play
Types of play
Begins during infancy but is engaged throughout life and involves repetition of behaviors while physically and/or mentally mastering the activity.
Useful for games and sports.
Running, jumping, sliding, twirling, throwing a ball.
Pretend/symbolic play
Types of play
Important during preschool years where the child uses objects to pretend or mimic the activities of others, especially adults.
Playing dress up, playing school, playing church.
Construction play
Types of play
Self-regulated creation of a product or solution.
Increases during preschool and common through elementary school years.
Games
Types of play
Activities engaged in for pleasure with rules, sometimes competitive.
Helps children learn rules of reciprocity and turn-taking.
Popular during elementary school years.
Rough and tumble play
Types of play
Involves physical activity which sometimes mimics harm, but without the intent to harm.
Solitary play
Levels of interaction in play
Playing alone
Onlooker play
Levels of interaction in play
Watching others play
Parallel play
Levels of interaction in play
Two or more peers playing while in each other’s presence, but not really playing “with” each other.
Kids coloring at the same table,
children both playing with the same kitchen set but involved in their own pretend play that doesn’t involve the other
Associative play
Levels of interaction in play
Children playing together at the same activity
Cooperative play
Levels of interaction in play
Children playing together at the same activity which involves rules, roles, reciprocity, each child completing their own function.
Playing tag, a board game, pretend play where children each take on a different role (parent, doctor, teacher)
Empathy
Global empathy-baby cries when another cries
Egocentric empathy-preschool, think you’re upset because of the same reasons why they are upset
Empathy-genuine empathy, even if you haven’t experienced it… Mid to late childhood
Part of cognitive development, necessary for moral development, reduction in egocentrism.
Abstract thinking
employing an abstract attitude- a way of thinking in which a person can acknowledge the presence of all factors of an environment, and still switch their focus on and off of specific factors.
ABSTRACT THINKING: “Cerebral individuals interested in the arts, literature, and mental health, are often referred to as abstract thinkers
Metacognition
Knowledge about our own thought processes
Ability to assess (do I need to study more? Can I pass with an A yet?)
Same for sports, know how to change behavior to improve
Look at how you handle things
Metamemory
Knowledge about our memory
Sensory motor play
Types of play
Play during infancy where the child uses sensorimotor abilities to explore novel objects, especially if they make sound or do something in response to the child’s behavior
