Miriam Has Just Begun to Use Her Imagination When She

question 37

Multiple Choice

Miriam has just begun to use her imagination when she is playing with her playmates. Now she is able to imagine that she is baking cookies, or driving a fire truck, and her play reflects her ability to take on these roles. This type of play is called _____________ and it usually begins at about age ___.

• A) social pretend play; 4
• B)parallel play; 6
• C) associative play; 3
• D) onlooker play; 5

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Definitions:

Symbolic Function

The ability of a person, especially a child during developmental stages, to represent objects, people, and events with symbols or words.

Concrete-Operational Stage

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, occurring roughly between the ages of 7 and 12 years, during which children gain a better understanding of mental operations and physical concepts.

Conservation Of Liquid

a cognitive skill, identified by Piaget, that allows a child to understand that the quantity of a liquid remains the same despite changes in the shape of its container.

Conservation

The understanding that certain properties of objects, like volume or mass, remain the same despite changes in the objects' form or appearance.