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EJ597814 PS530094
Title: A Cognitive Theory of Pretense.Author(s): Nichols, Shaun; Stich, Stephen
Source: Cognition, v74 n2 p115-47 Feb 14, 2000
Publication Date: 2000
ISSN: 0010-0277
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUN2000
Presents a
theory of pretense in which pretense representations are contained
in a separate mental workspace, a Possible World Box, part of the
basic architecture of the human mind with several similarities to
beliefs. Maintains that pretend play is motivated from a desire
to act in a way that fits the description being constructed in the
Possible World Box. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adults; Beliefs; *Children; *Cognitive Development;
*Imagination; Models; *Pretend Play; Theories
Identifiers: Cognitive Models; *Representational Thinking; Theory
of Mind
