Piaget identified ______ as the simplest form of the symbolic function.
a. role-playing c. storytelling
b. drawing d. object-oriented play
Question 2Which of the following is not true of the symbolic play of children of all cultures in the world?
a. It is based on the materials that adults provide.
b. It is based on the activities and roles of adults in their culture.
c. It includes the universal roles of mother and father.
d. It is associated with the subsistence economy.
Question 3Which of the following patterns is usually characteristic of symbolic play?
a. It peaks between 18 months and 3 years, and decreases thereafter.
b. It begins at about 18 months, and increases until about 12 years.
c. It begins at about 3 years, peaks at about 9 years, and decreases thereafter.
d. It peaks between 5 and 7 years, and decreases thereafter.
Question 4Children at the earliest level of understanding reproduction think that
a. babies have always existed and are delivered to parents.
b. babies have not always existed but instead need to be assembled.
c. babies need two parents to exist but think of the baby as growing from a seed.
d. babies spontaneously grow inside mothers.
Question 5Most symbolic play, especially for children beyond 3 years of age,
a. occurs in a social setting. c. is initiated by parents or other caregivers.
b. is solitary. d. becomes less and less interesting.
Question 6As children get older, the physical similarity between the objects they use in symbolic play and the real things
a. increases. c. becomes less creative.
b. diminishes. d. is indistinguishable.
Question 7At its simplest, symbolic play involves
a. role playing, in which children pretend they are some other person.
b. acting out pretend events.
c. substituting one thing for another in a playful setting.
d. follow a story line as if they were in a theatrical performance.
Question 8Symbolic play involves a child taking a stance that is different from reality and using which of the following as part of the enactment?
a. a mental representation of the situation c. the manipulation of objects
b. repetitive motions of the body d. predetermined rules
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