Theories Flashcards
Schiller thought play was
the essence of life and beauty
Surplus energy theory
Prominent behavior of the young due to the surplus of energy.
Only in higher species due to the efficient survival strategies, resulting in surplus energy
Recreation/Relaxation Theory
The purpose of play is that is replenishes spent energy
Fatigue builds up in response to spending energy in new and unfamiliar tasks
Play restores energy (Lazarus)
Play is an opportunity for relaxation (Patrick)
downside of surplus energy theory and recreation theory
it does not explain the content or choices of play
Pre-exercise Theory
Play as an instinctive behavior
This is the way in which children were able to go from immaturity to refined instinctive behaviors of adults
Organisms on a higher evolutionary scale would need a longer period of time to practice these skills due to a longer period of immaturity.
An adaptive skill and purpose in the evolutionary process
Recapitulation Theory
Hall (1908)
Carry-over of evolutionary past
Skills are no longer important
Children’s play follows a process of developmental stages of the human race in an evolutionary sequence
No new abilities emerge due to the reconstruction of play from the evolutionary past
Stage Specific-
Separate Stage, with different behaviors occurring at each stage and the process must occur first before skill is learned as a whole.
Ecological Theory-
Dynamic systems theory, where children are made up of subsystems and the child changes as it interacts in the environment
Acquisitional Learning Theories-
Development occurs through maturation, and with pre-established foundational learning, further learning can occur
Why Frames of references
Assist in looking at the perspective one is providing therapy from
Developmental
Neurological
Biomechanical
Educational
Sensory
What is play
Any spontaneous or organized activity that provides enjoyment, entertainment, amusement or diversion.
A science and an art
Joy, pleasure, freedom
Yet there is no universal definition.
What is needed to play - An attitude or mode of experience that involves:
Intrinsic motivation
Emphasis on process rather than product
Free choice
Internal rather than external control
Spontaneity
Active engagement
Daydreaming
What are the functions of play
Healthy mind and body- physical, emotional, cognitive, social
Cultivate social relationships
Learn about ourselves
Learn about the world around us
Play as occupation
Consideration for:
Skills required for participation
Individual who participate
What encompasses participation
Rules or norms for the occupation
Setting
History of the occupation
Function and meaning
What is the form of play
described through categories of activities in which children engage. includes charactereics requirements and products.
What is the function of play
hte way in which it serves the person and incfluences health and well being
meaning of play
the quality of the experience a person’s state of mind and the value the play experience has for the individual
Social stages of play
Unoccupied play
Solitary play
Onlooker play
Parallel play
Associative play
Social Play
The urge to play with others, is often driven by the desire to
be accepted to belong
Patterns of play
What is attunement play
the child’s first play object is the adult. no motor skills, where you start to get play. active enagement with someone else.
What is object play
When toys and objects are introduced the object’s properties affect the child’s play activities: in early years, play with objects can be separated into 4 categories:
- Sensorimotor/explorative play (body play & movement)
- Organizing object play
- Functional object play
- Pretend object play
Sensorimotor/explorative play
(body play & movement)
Explorative play is dominant during the first six to eight months of age
It expands to joyful movement as we get older!
Organizing object play
This type of play occurs from six to 12 months of age
Imitation
repetition
cause and effect
greater motor skills
learning through imitation
Funtional Object play 10-18 months
Dominates from the age of nine to eighteen months
Play items at this age are used intentionally, according to their function.
sharing behavior and joint attention - mulptiples people playing with the same thing.
kids will start to feed a baby. walk a dog, things that resemble stuff that adults do.
dump and fill
Pretend object play
The child usually makes use of pretend play from the age of about eighteen months.
To be classified as pretend you should see one of these elements
The child may pretend that a block is a car (object replacement),
That teddy bear is alive (projection of pretended qualities) or
There is a lion underneath the bed (pretended existence).
Distinction between
functional play
and
symbolic play
Functional play is play with objects, including miniature versions of real objects, in ways appropriate to the conventional functions of the objects.
Symbolic play is said to have occurred if a child
Uses an object as if it was another object or person,
Attributes properties to an object or a person which it does not have,
Refers to an absent object, person or substance as if it was present.
Imaginative (Symbolic) Play
2-3 years old
The ability of the young child to create their own sense of their mind, and that of others, takes place through pretend play
Symbolic play:
dramatic play
constructive play
playing games with rules