Arguments Against Pretend Play
MEAGAN CONNOLLY
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Savina claims that pretend play is crucial to the development of self-regulation in children. I agree with Lillard and her colleagues in saying that there is insufficient evidence to prove the crucial position. However, in opposition to Lillard and her colleagues’ claim, I do not believe this concludes epiphenomenon. This essay will critically evaluate this ongoing debate around pretend play’s role in self-regulation, maintaining that it is impossible to choose a position due to a lack of sufficient evidence.
One division of play and play activities is pretend play (Lillard, Hopkins, Dore, Palmquist, Lerner & Smith, 2013b). This is a natural and biological capacity, universal to all humans …show more content…
They concluded that methodological problems causing a lack of strong evidence indicates that pretend play does not benefit the development of self-regulation (Weisberg, 2013). However, a lack of evidence suggesting a strong correlation between pretend play and self-regulation, does not mean that pretend play is not crucial in the development of self-regulation, it simply means that there is not sufficient evidence to prove this (Harris & Jalloul, 2013). Thus, further research is necessary to gain a proper understanding of whether pretend play has a role in self-regulation development or not (Weisberg, …show more content…
and Jalloul, M. (2013). Running on empty?: Observing causal relationships of play and development. American journal of play, 6, 29-38.
Lillard, A.S., Lerner, M.D., Hopkins, E.J., Dore, R.A., Smith, E.D., and Palmquist, C.M. (2013a). The impact of pretend play on children’s development: A review of the evidence. Psychological bulletin, 139, 1-34.
Lillard, A.S., Hopkins, E.J., Dore, R.A., Palmquist, C.M., Lerner, M.D., and Smith, E.D. (2013b). Concepts and theories, methods and reasons: Why do the children (pretend) play? Reply to Weisberg, Hirsh-Pasek, and Golinkoff (2013); Bergen (2013); and Walker and Gopnik (2013). Psychological bulletin, 139, 49-52
Lillard, A., Pinkham, A.M., and Smith, E. (2011). Pretend play and cognitive development. In U. Goswami (ed.) The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of childhood cognitive development. Oxford: Wiley- Blackwell.
Pellegrini, A. (2009). Pretend play (Chapter 10). In A. Pellegrini The role of play in human development.
Weisberg, D.S., Hirsh-Pasek, K., and Golinkoff, R.M. (2013). Embracing complexity: Rethinking the relation between play and learning: Comment on Lillard et al. (2013). Psychological bulletin, 139,
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Savina claims that pretend play is crucial to the development of self-regulation in children. I agree with Lillard and her colleagues in saying that there is insufficient evidence to prove the crucial position. However, in opposition to Lillard and her colleagues’ claim, I do not believe this concludes epiphenomenon. This essay will critically evaluate this ongoing debate around pretend play’s role in self-regulation, maintaining that it is impossible to choose a position due to a lack of sufficient evidence.
One division of play and play activities is pretend play (Lillard, Hopkins, Dore, Palmquist, Lerner & Smith, 2013b). This is a natural and biological capacity, universal to all humans …show more content…
They concluded that methodological problems causing a lack of strong evidence indicates that pretend play does not benefit the development of self-regulation (Weisberg, 2013). However, a lack of evidence suggesting a strong correlation between pretend play and self-regulation, does not mean that pretend play is not crucial in the development of self-regulation, it simply means that there is not sufficient evidence to prove this (Harris & Jalloul, 2013). Thus, further research is necessary to gain a proper understanding of whether pretend play has a role in self-regulation development or not (Weisberg, …show more content…
and Jalloul, M. (2013). Running on empty?: Observing causal relationships of play and development. American journal of play, 6, 29-38.
Lillard, A.S., Lerner, M.D., Hopkins, E.J., Dore, R.A., Smith, E.D., and Palmquist, C.M. (2013a). The impact of pretend play on children’s development: A review of the evidence. Psychological bulletin, 139, 1-34.
Lillard, A.S., Hopkins, E.J., Dore, R.A., Palmquist, C.M., Lerner, M.D., and Smith, E.D. (2013b). Concepts and theories, methods and reasons: Why do the children (pretend) play? Reply to Weisberg, Hirsh-Pasek, and Golinkoff (2013); Bergen (2013); and Walker and Gopnik (2013). Psychological bulletin, 139, 49-52
Lillard, A., Pinkham, A.M., and Smith, E. (2011). Pretend play and cognitive development. In U. Goswami (ed.) The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of childhood cognitive development. Oxford: Wiley- Blackwell.
Pellegrini, A. (2009). Pretend play (Chapter 10). In A. Pellegrini The role of play in human development.
Weisberg, D.S., Hirsh-Pasek, K., and Golinkoff, R.M. (2013). Embracing complexity: Rethinking the relation between play and learning: Comment on Lillard et al. (2013). Psychological bulletin, 139,