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19 - Infant Object Manipulation and Play

from Part IV - Action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2020

By
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda  and
Jeffrey J. Lockman
Edited by
Jeffrey J. Lockman  and
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Jeffrey J. Lockman
Affiliation:
Tulane University, Louisiana
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Affiliation:
New York University
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Summary

Natural and manufactured objects saturate human culture. Infants need not do much or go far to find objects of different shapes, textures, sizes, and functions throughout their environments. And, as they manipulate and play with objects, they learn quite a lot along the way. From the time they can swipe and grab, infants spend most of their awake hours exploring objects – moving seamlessly from object to object in short bursts of activity distributed over time. These bouts of object interaction allow infants to practice and refine manual skills, learn about object features and functions, and test the fit between body and environment. Object interactions also allow infants to extend the limits of reality. Infants can pretend that objects exist when they do not, use objects to stand for other objects, and generate unique ways to use objects beyond their intended design. Indeed, to fully engage human artifact culture, infants must become proficient at using objects in twin planes of action – the real and the imagined.

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Infant object manipulationinfant object explorationinfant playreachingtool usepretend playobject playsymbolic play
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The Cambridge Handbook of Infant Development
Brain, Behavior, and Cultural Context
 , pp. 520 - 548
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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