Title: The child's world of make-believe : experimental studies of imaginative play /
Authors: Singer, Jerome L.
Publisher: Academic Press,
Year: 1973
Subjects: Play Psychological aspects.; Imagination.; Imagination; Play and Playthings; Psychology, Child; Fantasy; Psychology, Child.
Contents: Theories of play and the origins of imagination -- Observing imaginative play: approaches to recording, rating, and categorizing -- The measurement of imaginative predisposition -- Toys and imaginative play / Mary Ann Pulaski -- Imaginative play and the control of aggressive behavior / Ephraim Biblow -- Increasing the imaginative play of urban disadvantaged kindergarten children through systematic training / Joan T. Freyberg -- Modeling effects upon fantasy / Sybil Gottlieb -- Some theoretical implications -- Some practical implications of make-believe play -- Examples of observational play instructions and imaginative play predisposition interview.