The relationship between creativity, social play, and children's language abilities

Autor:	Michelle Grushko, Stephanie Ciraola, Lynn Romeo, Robyn M. Holmes
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Parallel play Vocabulary Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Ethnic group Language acquisition Creativity Pediatrics Developmental psychology Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Developmental and Educational Psychology Task analysis Early childhood Psychology Social psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Early Child Development and Care. 185:1180-1197
ISSN:	1476-8275 0300-4430
DOI:	10.1080/03004430.2014.983916
Popis:	In this study, we explore the interconnectedness between children's creativity, social play, and language abilities. The participants were 225 (109 girls, 116 boys) preschool children, from diverse European American, African American, and Hispanic ethnic heritages. We assessed the children in three ways. First, each child completed the Goodenough Harris Draw a Person task as a measure of creativity. Second, we recorded observations of children's social play using time sampling techniques and Howes and Matheson's Peer Play Scale. Finally, performance on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-IV) served as a measure of receptive vocabulary. Correlation analyses revealed a clear relationship between certain types of social play and creativity. For example, higher incidences of solitary, onlooker, and parallel aware play appeared to connect to lower creativity scores. In addition, children's receptive or hearing vocabulary related to specific types of social play, that is, higher instances of parallel play...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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