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ERIC Number: EJ304625
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Agents and Recipient Objects in the Development of Early Symbolic Play.
Watson, Malcolm W.; Jackowitz, Elaine R.
Child Development, v55 n3 p1091-97 Jun 1984
Investigates the developmental sequence of learning to transform objects into agents and recipients of action in early symbolic play. Each of 48 children (from 14 to 25 months old) demonstrated initiative pretending after an adult modeled agent and recipient substitutions in pretending to talk on the telephone. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Imitation, Infants, Observation, Pretend Play, Role Playing
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Developmental Patterns; Symbolic Play