Projects / Programmes
Developmental analysis of structural universalities and socio-cultural specifics of toddler's play
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 5.09.00 |
Social sciences |
Psychology |
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| Code |
Science |
Field |
| H004 |
Humanities |
Philology |
play, structure of play, contents of play, play objects, play behaviours, infants, toddlers, play interaction, cross-cultural differences, age differences, age changes
Researchers (1)
| no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
07671 |
PhD Maja Zupančič |
Psychology |
Head |
1998 - 1999 |
851 |
Organisations (1)
Abstract
The research is focused on characteristics of a young child’s object play from the point of view of the structure and the contents of play. An age period from 6 to 36 months of age is studied with respect to the developmental levels of child’s play, contents of play and child’s object related behaviours. A sequential approach of data collection and observational research methods are used. Object play is compared among several age groups within a Slovenian and within a Croatian sample of children transversally (age differences) and longitudinally (age change) as well as between the two cultures. These comparisons are performed in order to test the pressumed universalities and cultural specifics in children’s early play patterns and to follow them within a relatively short period of time. Beside studying the age change and/or stability of the child’s object play we are also focused on cross-situational consistency of his/her object play-behaviours and on his/her zone of proximal development. Therefore, the comparisons between the child’s independent play and interactive play with his/her mother and with an experimenter were designed to be made.
