PSYCH235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Iceberg, Language Development, Psych
11 Feb 2016
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Often seen as trivial or unproductive: it"s what we do when left to our own devices, likely to learn something from behaviour we freely choose. For kids leisure activities in play: intrinsically motivated, means, not the end, pretense, not literal, no external rules, active engagement. Play is universal: all over the world, in other species. What function does it serve: learn social skills, develop cognitive abilities, empathy/theory of mind, vicarious learning, language development, exploring in a safe space , good for kids and adults. Play associated with subjective well-being across the lifespan: stress is unhealthy leisure/play reduces it. High school leisure associated with well-being in adulthood: competence, relatedness, purpose, personal growth, self-acceptance. How important is leisure? increases satisfaction of other psychological needs collecting for material affluence (a raise( time affluence still important to well-being (people would take more time off over money)
