Play, dreams and imitation in childhood
Material type: TextNew York Norton 1962Description: vi, 296p.; ill.; indexContent type:- text
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The index lists Jung on pp. 156, 170, 192, 195, 196, and 198.
Translated by C. Gattegno and F.M. Hodgson
Introduction. Part 1 - Imitation. 1 The first three states: absence of imitation, sporadic imitation and beginnings of systematic imitation. 2 Stages 4 and 5: Imitation of movements not visible on the body of the subject, and imitation of new models. 3 Stage 6: Beginnings of representative imitation and further development of imitation. Part 2 - Play. 4 The beginnings of play. 5 Classification of games and their evolution after the beginnings of language. 6 Explanation of play. 7 Secondary symbolism in play, dreams and "unconscious" symbolism. Part 3 - Cognitive representation. 8 Transition from sensory-motor schemas to conceptual schemas. 9 From practical to representative categories. 10 Conclusions: General trends of representative activity
'...The problem we shall discuss in this volume is therefore that of the symbolic function itself considered as a mechanism common to the vaious systems of representations and as an individual mechanism whose existence is a prerequisite for interaction of thought between individuals and consequently for the constitution or acquisition of collective meanings. This in no way implies that we dispute the social nature of collective meanings, far from it, since we have constantly tried to show that reason implies co-operation and reciprocity. But the social fact is for us a fact to be explained, not to be invoked as an extra-psychological factor....'
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