Make Believe Phenomenon Essay
Lorena Gonzalez (Chapter 7)
Dr. Kim In-Kyeong
Developmental Psychology
11 February 2015
Make Believe Phenomenon
Growing up, the phenomenon of make believe played a big role in my life. Being the youngest in my family, I would most of the time have to play alone because my siblings would go to school. I remember that when I was the age of four, I used to pretend that my teddy bear was my best friend. Instead of having an imaginary friend I had a teddy bear friend. I would play with him and talk to him. I would take him everywhere with me. Another time where I played make believe was when I would dress up as a princess and have little tea parties. I remember, I would put all my stuffed animals seated in chairs around a small table and I would pretend to serve each one of them fake tea. Once each of them had some fake tea poured in their cups I would pretend to sip the tea while talking to them. Doing so open my mind and helped me become more social even …show more content…
Make believe play is a type of play that is made up and not entirely true. Make-believe play is an example of the development that represents early childhood. Piaget believed by pretending children can practice and support the skill to gain representational ideas (Berks, 2008). It is said that children engage in make believe play from the ages of two to around the age six or seven (Kaufman, 2012). Since a very young age children engage in this type of play. It is a form of play that allows children to explore their minds and socially connect with the world. When I would play make believe, I would have to make up my own ideas and try to explore different sides to how I could play. It would help me be more creative. Playing make believe helps children explore their minds and provides them with the basis of how society and things represent such as if for example a girl that make believes that she is drinking tea knows how tea is drunk. Make believe play helps children express their
Dr. Kim In-Kyeong
Developmental Psychology
11 February 2015
Make Believe Phenomenon
Growing up, the phenomenon of make believe played a big role in my life. Being the youngest in my family, I would most of the time have to play alone because my siblings would go to school. I remember that when I was the age of four, I used to pretend that my teddy bear was my best friend. Instead of having an imaginary friend I had a teddy bear friend. I would play with him and talk to him. I would take him everywhere with me. Another time where I played make believe was when I would dress up as a princess and have little tea parties. I remember, I would put all my stuffed animals seated in chairs around a small table and I would pretend to serve each one of them fake tea. Once each of them had some fake tea poured in their cups I would pretend to sip the tea while talking to them. Doing so open my mind and helped me become more social even …show more content…
Make believe play is a type of play that is made up and not entirely true. Make-believe play is an example of the development that represents early childhood. Piaget believed by pretending children can practice and support the skill to gain representational ideas (Berks, 2008). It is said that children engage in make believe play from the ages of two to around the age six or seven (Kaufman, 2012). Since a very young age children engage in this type of play. It is a form of play that allows children to explore their minds and socially connect with the world. When I would play make believe, I would have to make up my own ideas and try to explore different sides to how I could play. It would help me be more creative. Playing make believe helps children explore their minds and provides them with the basis of how society and things represent such as if for example a girl that make believes that she is drinking tea knows how tea is drunk. Make believe play helps children express their