Theory 2 Flashcards
Mildren Parten
Sociologist PHD (1929)
What are the 6 levels of social participation?
Parten
1) Unoccupied behavior
2) Onlooker behavior
3) Solitary Play
4) Parallel play
5) associative play
6) Cooperative Plat
What is- Unoccupied Behavior?
Parten
Child is active and mobile but seemingly aimless; no sense of others play
What is- Onlooker Behavior?
Parten
Child attends to others’ play may speak with players but does to participate
What is - Solitary Play (Parten)
Child plays alone with own toys.
What is - Parallel play
(Parten)
Child plays beside or near others, but not with them; no sharing or conversation
What is Associative Play
Parten
Child plays with others, conversing, sharing materials but purposes of play may not be similar.
Cooperative Play (Parten)
Goals of play are shared and negotiated; tasks and roles relate to plays purpose group sense is marked by turn-taking, common goal or game
Gregory Bateson “Play Frames”
Children give each other signals that play is occurring-
Children create a frame - step in and out of frame using codes signals and cues
“As if” activities
Catherine Garvey
-Play Talk
Builds on Bateson’s Theory of Play Frames
-begins at 2 or three
5 types if talk
5 Types of Play talk
Garvey
1) Preparatory Talk
2) Explicit directions for pretend
3) Within Pretend Talk
4) Negations of Pretend
5) Play Signals
Transformation of Self
GARVEY, Nine types of transformations
Pretend I’m a veterinarian
Transformation of Other (Garvey)
“Pretend you are a dog”
Transformation of joint roles
Garvey
(“Lets be sick cats”
Transformation of Action for Self
Garvey
“Pretend I’m giving you a shot”
