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Direct linkPecora, Giulia; Bellagamba, Francesca; Chiarotti, Flavia; Paoletti, Melania; Castano, Maria Letizia; Addessi, Elsa – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2020
We aimed to longitudinally examine how symbolic distancing affects preschool children's delay tolerance in a delay choice task. We presented children with choices between a smaller immediate reward and a larger delayed reward in conditions with either symbolic stimuli or edible rewards. Overall, symbolic distancing modulated children's delay…
Descriptors: Delay of Gratification, Rewards, Food, Stimuli
Developmental Changes in the Representation of Objects in Symbolic Play from 18 to 34 Months of Age.
Peer reviewedUngerer, Judy A.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Observation indicated that children most frequently represent objects by performing actions appropriate to the represented objects. With increasing age, children represent objects without using functional actions and with objects bearing little physical similarity to the represented objects. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Infants, Observation, Perceptual Development
