Original scientific paper

Play, cognition and culture

Orsolya Pachner ; University of Pecs, Hungary

Abstract

The psychological theories of play are generally independent from each other. Since most of these were generated in the 20th century, some of them simultaneously, they mostly dealt with different aspects of play. In this paper we present what we consider are common points of these theories, which can be called the essence of play. We highlight one of the most prominent theories of play, Piaget’s epistemological approach of cognitive development, and
elaborate on how it relates to other psychological theories of play. Play, cognition, and culture appear as important aspects in all of these theories so possible connections between these concepts are discussed. Finally we emphasize the relevance of further research on the play in autism.

Keywords

play; cognitive development; culture; Piaget; autism

Hrčak ID:

147123

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/147123

Publication date:

16.12.2014.

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