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Direct linkSutherland, Shelbie L.; Friedman, Ori – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Children can acquire generic knowledge by sharing in pretend play with more knowledgeable partners. We report 3 experiments in which we investigated how this learning occurs-how children draw generalizations from pretense, and whether they resist doing so for pretense that is unrealistic. In all experiments, preschoolers watched pretend scenarios…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Play, Learning Processes, Experiments
Sutherland, Shelbie L.; Friedman, Ori – Child Development, 2012
Children acquire general knowledge about many kinds of things, but there are few known means by which this knowledge is acquired. In this article, it is proposed that children acquire generic knowledge by sharing in pretend play. In Experiment 1, twenty-two 3- to 4-year-olds watched pretense in which a puppet represented a "nerp" (an unfamiliar…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Teaching Methods, Child Development, Play
