2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Developmental process of toddlers' block play: An investigation from the perspectives of cognition and social interaction
| Project/Area Number |
25750009
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Home economics/Human life
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| Research Institution | Shiga University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 幼児 / 積み木 / 認知 / 相互作用 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study investigated the developmental process of toddlers’ block play from the perspectives of cognition and social interaction. Gaze analysis of a shape recognition task and performance analysis of a fitting-hole task suggested that children younger than 3 years of age tend to manipulate blocks without correct shape recognition. During free block play, the complexity of block construction was higher when children played with their mothers than when they played alone. A slightly advanced level of play with their mothers may be antecedent to the development of children’s block construction ability.
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| Free Research Field |
発達心理学
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