Human Development (Latest Update
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Question:
Play is a social activity children engage in just for...
Answer:
... its own sake
Question:
____ theorists agree that ____ activities serve a valuable function in the
development of important ____ and ____ skills in children.
Answer:
All
play
social
emotional
,Question:
Play is critical to _____ advancement in children
Answer:
cognitive
Question:
Play can help children do many things. Name 4 of them
Answer:
1. release physical energy
2. gain mastery over their bodies
3. acquire new motor skills
4. form better relationships among peers
Question:
Play can help children do many things. Name 3 more of them
Answer:
5. try out new social rules
6. advance cognitive development
7. practice and explore new competencies
,Question:
Play therapy is a successful childhood counseling treatment b/c it allows
children to feel less threatened while:
Answer:
working out conflicts and expressing their unresolved feelings
Question:
Vygotsky and play
> Believed excellent _____ for advancing a child's _____ and that children
believe that imaginary play is ____
Answer:
environment
cognitions
real
Question:
Most forms of play ___ continue throughout life
Answer:
can
, Question:
5 types of play:
Answer:
1. Functional
2. Constructive
3. Pretend or Imaginative
4. Rough-and-Tumble
5. Games with Rules
Question:
Functional play--characteristics
Answer:
* Sensorimotor movements manipulating objects in order to receive pleasure
* Begins during infancy
* Involves repetition of behavior/muscle movement
* Can be engaged in throughout life