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pretend play: a standalone construct

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Developmental psychology

play in which a child projects a mental representation onto reality, treating one thing as if it were another.

In developmental psychology, pretend play refers to play in which a child projects a mental representation onto reality, treating one thing as if it were another. This meaning comes from Lillard (2013) in Psychological Bulletin.[1]

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References

Lillard, A. S., Lerner, M. D., Hopkins, E. J., Dore, R. A., Smith, E. D., & Palmquist, C. M. (2013). The impact of pretend play on children's development: A review of the evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 139(1), 1-34. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029321

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