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Author Piaget, Jean, 1896-1980.

Title Play, dreams and imitation in childhood / by Jean Piaget.

Imprint New York : Norton, 1962.

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Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  136.7 PIA    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  136.7 P579P    Check Shelf
Description viii, 296 pages : illustrations
Series The Norton library
Norton library.
Note Translation of: La formation du symbole chez l'enfant.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Imitation -- The first three stages: Absence of imitation, sporadic imitation and beginnings of systematic imitation -- Stages IV and V: Imitation of movements not visible on the body of the subject, and imitation of new models -- Stage VI: Beginnings of representative imitation and further development of imitation -- Play -- The beginnings of play -- Classification of games and their evolution after the beginnings of language -- Explanation of play -- Seconday symbolism in play, dreams and "unconscious" symbolism -- Cognitive representation -- Transition from sensory-motor schemas to conceptual schemas -- From practical to representative categories -- Conclusions: General trends of representative activity.
Summary "Piaget's work is a cornerstone in development. His writing is long and laborious. He takes six pages to tell us that a 2 month old exhibits imitation behaviors. He was not an expert in parsimony. In his defense the translation from French is a bit awkward. What French I can read, of his work it is smoother than this translation. Case study gold, quoted as fact as if he had done something more significant than watch his own children and write down their behavior. No experimentally designed trials here. It's funny the same people and institutions who tout his great methods of research criticize Freud for his exact same research method: the case study. Many devout Piaget loyalists have never even read his original work. They've only been exposed to his work by text books in class. For this reason alone, I urge everyone to read as much source material as possible. Piaget is no exception. Get it, read it, make your own interpretation. Love it or hate it, you'll be wiser for the effort"--Amazon.com.
Subject Child development.
Child psychology.
Imitation.
Play.
Symbolism.
Imitation.
Play.
Symbolism.
Child Development. (DNLM)D002657
Cognition. (DNLM)D003071
Imitative Behavior. (DNLM)D007100
Play and Playthings. (DNLM)D010988
Symbolism. (DNLM)D013561
Child development. (OCoLC)fst00854393
Child psychology. (OCoLC)fst00854540
Imitation. (OCoLC)fst00967684
Play. (OCoLC)fst01066938
Symbolism. (OCoLC)fst01140749
Child Development.
Theory of knowledge.
Play.
Symbolism.
Added Title Formation du symbole chez l'enfant. English
ISBN 9780393001716
0393001717
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