Zerwas, Stephanie Christine
(2008)
IMAGINATION IN MOTION: PRETENSE REPRESENTATION AS PERCEPTUAL SIMULATION.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
The current study examined the role of motor and visual perceptual input for 20 and 28-month-old toddlers' emergent pretend play representations. Action was hypothesized to guide and support toddlers' representations in pretend play. Ninety-seven toddlers aged 20 and 28 months were tested on a task adapted from Tomasello, Striano & Rochat (1999) in which they fed a stuffed worm pretend replica and substitute toys. Both motor and visual perceptual inputs were manipulated. Motor input played a significant role depending on the type of pretend play toy. With replica toys, motor perceptual input had little effect on toddlers' ability to comprehend and reproduce play with replica toys. However, with substitute toys, which are visually dissimilar from their referents, toddlers comprehended the task only when they had a combination of motor input from their own and others' actions. Findings are discussed in terms of common coding theory and DeLoache's dual representation model. A modification of the paradigm is also proposed.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
30 January 2008 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
11 June 2007 |
| Approval Date: |
30 January 2008 |
| Submission Date: |
6 December 2007 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Psychology |
| Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
cognitive development; common coding; embodied cognition; pretend play; representation; social cognition; toddlers |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-12062007-143953/, etd-12062007-143953 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 20:08 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:53 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10107 |
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