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Peer reviewedDansky, Jeffrey L. – Child Development, 1980
Subjects categorized as either players who displayed make-believe in natural free-play situations or nonplayers whose behavioral repertoires did not include make-believe, were exposed to either a free-play, an imitation or a problem-solving condition and given an alternate-uses test. Free-play enhanced associative fluency among players who engaged…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Imitation, Individual Differences, Observation
Peer reviewedRubin, Kenneth H. – Child Development, 1982
Examines the social, cognitive, and social-cognitive correlates of nonsocial play in 122 four-year-olds observed for 20 minutes during free play. Subjects were given a role-taking test and tests of social and impersonal problem-solving skills. Sociometric popularity and social competence, as rated by teachers, were also assessed. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Perspective Taking
Peer reviewedMatas, Leah; And Others – Child Development, 1978
The link between the quality of attachment in infancy and the quality of play and problem-solving behavior at age two years was examined in 48 infants. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Infants, Interpersonal Competence, Play
Peer reviewedSmith, Peter K.; Dutton, Susan – Child Development, 1979
Results showed that play opportunity and training experience for four year olds produced roughly equivalent problem-solving speeds when the task was standard or direct. When the task was nonstandard or innovative, however, play opportunity produced faster problem solving than training. (JMB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Play, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedPepler, Debra J.; Ross, Hildy S. – Child Development, 1981
Two experiments were conducted to examine behaviors that characterize play with convergent and divergent materials and the effects of play on convergent and divergent problem solving among 64 3- and 4-year-olds. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Convergent Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedRosen, Catherine Elkin – Child Development, 1974
Descriptors: Black Youth, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged, Dramatic Play
