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Download full textFein, Greta G. – 1978
This paper examines the interrelationship between children's acquisition and use of symbols and the development of imaginative play. The paper focuses on the use of pretend play as an expression of the child's capacity for symbolic functioning and as an index of intellectual development. The first section of the paper reviews developmental changes…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedSigman, Marian; Mundy, Peter – New Directions for Child Development, 1987
Demonstrates that young autistic children suffer from deficits in social understanding and symbolic representations of other individuals. Data suggest that the core deficit appears to lie at the intersection of representational abilities and social experiences. (RWB)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Body Language, Child Language
