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Peer reviewedWatson, Malcolm W.; Jackowitz, Elaine R. – Child Development, 1984
Investigates the developmental sequence of learning to transform objects into agents and recipients of action in early symbolic play. Each of 48 children (from 14 to 25 months old) demonstrated initiative pretending after an adult modeled agent and recipient substitutions in pretending to talk on the telephone. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Imitation, Infants
Peer reviewedFriedrich, Lynette K.; Stein, Aletha H. – Child Development, 1975
Describes a study designed to test (1) the effects of an educational prosocial television program on learning and behavior of kindergarten children; and (2) two types of training, verbal labeling and role playing, designed to help children learn the content of the program. Children were able to generalize learning. (ED)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Educational Television, Generalization, Kindergarten Children
