Concept information
Preferred term
psychology of play
Definition(s)
- Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky spent most of his academic and professional life in early 20th century Moscow, investigating and analyzing literature, artistic creation, philosophy and pedagogy. However, his greatest professional contribution was in the area of cognitive development. [Source: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society; Psychology of Play]
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
- Adlerian play therapy
- 'bad' play
- boys' play
- common adventure concept
- daydreaming
- experiential learning definitions and models
- fantasy play
- female aggressive relationships within play
- gamesmanship
- games of deception
- girls' play
- Homo Ludens
- human relationships in play
- inter-gender play
- luck and skill in play
- Piaget and play
- play among animals
- play and learning theory
- play as catharsis
- play as interspecies communication
- play as mastery of nature
- play as progress
- play as rehearsal of reality
- play frames
- playing alone
- pretending
- psychoanalytic theory and play
- psychological benefits of play
- psychology of play and power
- psychology of play as competition
- psychology of play as entertainment
- psychology of play as learning
- psychology of play as mock war
- rhetorics of play
- role-playing
- sex play
- social psychology of play
- symbol formation and play
- team play
- teasing
- unstructured play
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-MJDXWG43-N
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