PSY 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Psy, Takers, Sociometric Status
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What is play: not structured, usually free of a lot of rules o. Focused on activity rather than trying to achieve a product/result: generally is fun/enjoyable, generally internally motivated. What types of play have you observed or remember engaging in? o. Mildred parten"s (1932) 6 types which follow a social progression: unoccupied. Not concerned with what other children are doing o. Two children who are playing near each other and doing independent things (not same kind of play) but monitor each other. Two children maintaining play independently but the same type of play. Still acknowledged: develop in the order suggested o. The new type does not replace the previous one - instead, it is added to the play repertoire: as the child develops, he engages in a more mature version of the types of play o. Beyond parten"s types of play, others have been identified. Pretend play (aka make believe, sociodramatic, dramatic, and social pretend) o o o o.