PSY 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Hopscotch, Imaginary Friend, Psy
Document Summary
Play also offers preschoolers opportunities in visual spatial skills, thus enhancing their cognitive development. Refers to repetitive activities such as skipping, jumping, toy cars etc. This type of play involves activity and does not have the goal of creating some end result. Gross and fine motor development and body movements. Involves children manipulating objects or toys to make something, such as a tower of blocks or a house from clay. Reflect children"s growth in cognitive, perspective taking and communication skills. Common and normal phenomenon reflects the richness of child"s fantasy. Children in collectivist cultures requires high levels of cooperation and engagement in conversation and dramatic play. They prefer dyads (two persons) or small groups and tend to focus on movement and objects. Refers to physical or verbal behavior intended to injure or harm someone else. Refers to aggression being used as a means to an end.
