Infants at Play: Categories and Levels

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Who are better suited for unstructured play that leads to sustained attention?

  • Siblings
  • Fathers
  • Mothers
  • Peers (correct)

What aspect of maternal behavior at 13 and 21 months maximizes attentiveness and interest in playing?

  • Maternal responsiveness (correct)
  • Maternal influence on social stimuli
  • Encouragement of orientation
  • Stimulation and responsiveness

What type of play is better for maintaining mutual interest and excitement in joint activities?

  • Play with siblings
  • Unstructured play with peers (correct)
  • Unstructured play with parents
  • Structured play

What does Vygotsky suggest about play?

<p>Play is formative and shaped through social interactions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What predicts persistence during problem solving at 13 months?

<p>Stimulation and responsiveness at 6 months (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of play promotes a flexible mindset and divergent thinking?

<p>Play with peers and siblings (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of play is associated with complex language use and language development?

<p>Mother-child play (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of play supports the simulation of real-world scenarios?

<p>Symbolic play (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of play conveys cultural principles and values?

<p>Play with cultural context (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of play is controlled by siblings initially, but by age 2 or 3, they support symbolic play?

<p>Play with peers and siblings (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of play is linked to innovativeness and flexible problem-solving?

<p>Play with peers and siblings (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who primarily engages in nurturing and household themes when playing with daughters?

<p>Mother-child pairs (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of play is characterized by basic manipulation of objects as an exploratory activity?

<p>First year of life play (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which function of play is supported by adult caregivers?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When do peers take on a greater role in play than caregivers and siblings?

<p>By about age 2-3 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do adults use play to teach children?

<p>Object mastery, pragmatics of communication, and cultural expectations (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who plays an important role in promoting symbolic play in their younger siblings?

<p>Older siblings (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of play in infancy involves manipulating one object at a time before exploring the parts of objects or how objects relate to each other?

<p>Exploratory play (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

At what age does symbolic play typically emerge in children according to the text?

<p>24 months (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of play involves pretending with objects about events or experiences that are not physically present?

<p>Imaginative play (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of play is characterized by using objects alone, in combinations, and in sequences to pretend about events or past experiences?

<p>Symbolic play (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes symbolic play from exploratory play in infants?

<p>Symbolic play allows for pretending about absent events. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes exploratory play from inappropriate combinational activity?

<p>Unique effects produced with a single object (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In symbolic play, what characterizes other-directed pretense?

<p>Clear pretense activity directed towards others (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What defines Sequential pretense in symbolic play?

<p>Linking two or more pretense actions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

During the Intrapsychological Mastery function of play, what is the main role of the caregiver?

<p>Express and mediate arousal dependent on caregiver interaction (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characterizes the Transitional Play stage in pretend play?

<p>Approximate pretense without confirmatory evidence (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why do infants aged 17 months to 3 years smile more with siblings and older infants than with their mom?

<p>Playing with siblings and older infants reinforces and expands the infant's range of emotion (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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