Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
| Age Differences | 2 |
| Children | 1 |
| Coding | 1 |
| Comprehension | 1 |
| Developmental Psychology | 1 |
| Difficulty Level | 1 |
| Executive Function | 1 |
| Imagination | 1 |
| Individual Differences | 1 |
| Intelligence Tests | 1 |
| Investigations | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Journal of Cognition and… | 2 |
Author
| Lillard, Angeline S. | 2 |
| Smith, Eric D. | 2 |
| Hopkins, Emily J. | 1 |
| Weisberg, Deena Skolnick | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Peabody Picture Vocabulary… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkHopkins, Emily J.; Smith, Eric D.; Weisberg, Deena Skolnick; Lillard, Angeline S. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2016
Substitute object pretense is one of the earliest-developing forms of pretense, and yet it changes considerably across the preschool years. By 3.5 years of age, children can pretend with substitutes that are highly dissimilar from their intended referents (Elder & Pederson, 1978), but even older children have difficulty understanding such…
Descriptors: Young Children, Age Differences, Comprehension, Theory of Mind
Smith, Eric D.; Lillard, Angeline S. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2012
Piaget (1962) asserted that children stop engaging in pretend play when they enter the concrete operational stage because they become able to accommodate reality and no longer need to assimilate it to their wishes. Consistent also with the views of Vygotsky, discussion of pretend play in developmental psychology is typically confined to early…
Descriptors: Children, Play, Developmental Psychology, Investigations
