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Pretend play in childhood : foundation of adult creativity / Sandra W. Russ.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Russ, Sandra Walker.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Play and Playthings--psychology.
- Cognition.
- Child.
- Creativity.
- Play--Psychological aspects.
- Play.
- Cognition in children.
- Creative ability.
- Medical Subjects:
- Play and Playthings--psychology.
- Cognition.
- Child.
- Creativity.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 241 pages ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- First Edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, [2014]
- Summary:
- Converging evidence suggests that pretend play in childhood has an important role in providing a foundation for adult creativity. In this book, Russ reviews the theory and research on pretend play and creativity, including cognitive and affective processes involved in play and creativity, possible evolutionary purposes of play, and its cultural variations. She highlights the importance of pretend play in helping children to access emotional memories and fantasies and explains how creative processes in play can be measured using the Affect in Play Scale. Russ describes play interventions designed to encourage creativity in children, using transcripts of sessions from a pilot intervention. Brief case studies of creative adult scientists and artists are also presented, illustrating similarities in play processes and creative processes in adulthood. Given that creativity drives accomplishment in science, engineering, and the arts, the link between pretend play and creativity is important to explore. This thought-provoking book summarizes what we know and points the way toward future research. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Pretend play and creativity : an overview
- Evolutionary, psychoanalytic, and developmental theories of pretend play and creativity
- Cognitive processes in pretend play and creativity
- Affective processes in pretend play and creativity
- Case studies in science and technology
- Case studies in the arts
- Facilitating pretend play and creativity in training programs
- Play, culture, and the modern world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781433815614
- 1433815613
- OCLC:
- 844245324
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