The development of play / David Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, David, 1946-

Series:

Concepts in developmental psychology.

Concepts in developmental psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Play--Psychological aspects.

Play.

Child psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Play is an important part of our development. In playing, we learn to move, think, speak and imagine, as well as cope with other people. This second edition of The Development of Play addresses these key functions that play serves. David Cohen examines how children play with objects, with language, and most importantly, with each other and their parents. He goes on to ask why we stop playing, and looks at adult games. The Development of Play argues that psychology has accepted too uncritically the Victorian opposition of work and play, and argues that adults can learn to play

Contents:

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 A HISTORY OF PLAY; 3 PLAYING WITH OBJECTS; 4 PLAYING WITH OTHER CHILDREN; 5 PRETENDING; 6 PLAYFUL PEOPLE?; 7 PLAY THERAPY; 8 ADULT GAMES IN A CHANGING WORLD; 9 ENDGAMES; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-203) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-86782-4

1-134-86783-2

1-280-60362-3

9786610603626

0-203-13377-3

9780203133774

OCLC:

437080278