title: The Influence of Fantasy on Children's Understanding of Pretense
creator: Lillard, Angeline S
creator: Sobel, David
subject: Developmental Psychology
description: Many have thought that children have an early appreciation of the mind in the case of pretend play. Results from several experiments are against this (Joseph, in press, Exps. 2-3; Lillard, 1993a; Lillard, 1996; Lillard, in press; Rosen, Schwebel & Singer, 1997). However, an experiment by Lillard (1996, Exp. 4) suggested that when a pretense is about a fantasy character, instead of a real entity, children might have a better understanding of the mind's involvement. The present experiment tested this, and found that indeed, when pretending to be a fantasy character is at issue, 4-year-olds are significantly more apt to indicate the mind's involvement.
date: 1998-02
type: Preprint
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text/html
identifier: http://cogprints.org/614/1/writeup_lk_1.html
identifier:   Lillard, Angeline S and Sobel, David  (1998) The Influence of Fantasy on Children's Understanding of Pretense.  [Preprint]    (Unpublished)  
relation: http://cogprints.org/614/