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Author:   Sandra W. Russ ,  Sandra W Russ
Publisher:   American Psychological Association
Imprint:   American Psychological Association
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.619kg
ISBN:  

9781433815614

ISBN 10:   1433815613
Pages:   241
Publication Date:   15 October 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Pretend Play and Creativity: An Overview Chapter 2: Evolutionary, Psychoanalytic, and Developmental Theories of Pretend Play and Creativity Chapter 3: Cognitive Processes in Pretend Play and Creativity Chapter 4: Affective Processes in Pretend Play and Creativity Chapter 5: Case Studies in Science and Technology Chapter 6: Case Studies in the Arts Chapter 7: Facilitating Pretend Play and Creativity in Training Programs Chapter 8: Play, Culture, and the Modern World Afterword: Converging Evidence Appendix A: Affect in Play Scale Appendix B: Transcripts From Play Facilitation Sessions References Index About the Author

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"Quite fascinating and in many ways compelling. -- ""PsycCRITIQUES"" Thorough and simply organized, this title is an invaluable resource. -- ""Choice"""

Quite fascinating and in many ways compelling. * PsycCRITIQUES * Thorough and simply organized, this title is an invaluable resource. * Choice *

Author Information

Sandra W. Russ, PhD, a clinical child psychologist, is the Louis D. Beaumont university professor of psychology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She has served as president of the Society for Personality Assessment; of the Clinical Child Section of APA Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology); and of Division 10 (Division of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts). She teaches a psychology of creativity seminar, and her research program has focused on relationships among pretend play, creativity, and adaptive functioning in children. Russ developed the Affect in Play Scale, which assesses pretend play in children, and she and her students are developing a play facilitation intervention. She is the author of Affect and Creativity: The Role of Affect and Play in the Creative Process (1993) and Play in Child Development and Psychotherapy: Toward Empirically Supported Practice (2004) and coauthor of Play in Clinical Practice: Evidence-Based Approaches (Russ & Niec, 2011).  

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