The Play Years

Part I of Essay
Early childhood is often characterized by endless make-believe and sociodramatic play which indicates the development of mental representation. Sociodramtic play differs from simple make-believe play in that it involves play with peers. This stage of play is often referred ....

Part II of Essay
.... or seven years. Piaget’s three mountain problem illustrates this phenomenon clearly; that is, children who looked at three mountain peaks, designated by different colors, could not pick a picture representing the three peaks from a doll’s point of view. Instead, the pictures represented their own point of view. Conservation problems also are characteristic of early childhood. Conservation refers the changing of an object’s outward appearance while its physical make-up stays the same. For example: Joe and Judy both receive a ....