The Play of Animals (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Name: The Play of Animals (Classic Reprint)
Author: Karl Groos
ISBN: 9780331189704

Karl Groos

9780331189704: The Play of Animals (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0331189704 ISBN 13: 9780331189704

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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It is especially in connection with this latter func tion of play, I may add, that the instinct to imitate comes in to aid it. Imitation is a real instinct, but it is not always playful; play is a real instinct, but it is not always imitative. There is likely, however, to be a great deal of imitation in play, since the occasion on which a particular play-function develops is often that which also develops the imitative tendency as well - i. E., the actual sight or hearing of the acts or voices of other animals. Moreover, the acquisition of a muscular or vocal action through imitation makes it possible to repeat the same action afterwards in play.

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James Mark Baldwin was an American philosopher and psychologist who helped start-up the department of psychology at Princeton University. He later on went to Johns Hopkins University where he was professor of psychology and philosophy. He is well noted for his work in the field of developmental psychology particularly the Baldwin Effect. He is the author of numerous books including Thought and Things, Mental Development in the Child and the Race, and Story of the Mind.

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