Practice play
Non-goal-oriented actions with objects
Symbolic play( Pretend Play)
Through pretending young children practice and strengthen newly required representational schemes
5 stages of play
Solitary : child plays alone On looker: child watches others play Parallels: children play in similar ways but not together Associative: children interact but don’t take turns Cooperative: Children play together, creating dramas or taking turns.
Social play
Play in which young children of the same age interact with each other
Socio dramatic play
2 or more people enact social roles
Moral development/ emotions
Guilt and shame are poorly differentiated for children
Pro social behavior
Voluntary actions to benefit others
Antisocial actions
Hurting another person including people who have done no harm
4 types of aggression
Instrumental: hurtful behavior that is intended to achieve a goal Reactive:impulsive reaction for another person’s actions Relational: non physical acts Bullying: related physical or verbal attacks on victims who don’t defend themselves
