The purposes of the study were (1) to examine the relationship among pretense quality as determined by (a) the number of verbally expressed transformations and (b) the proportion of ideational transformations, imaginative predisposition as measured by the Barron's Movement Threshold Test and peer popularity as determined by sociometric rating; and (2) to compare sex-differences in pretense quality. / Thirty male and 30 female day care enrollees, age three-years-six-months to six-years, were videotaped in dyads in four 10-minute play sessions. Each subject was paired with a high and low pretense ability peer of both sexes. Video tapes were transcribed and pretense transformations enacted by each subject were coded by observers. / Ten null hypotheses were tested using a pre-set .05 Alpha. Results indicated no relationship between age and the proportion of ideational transformations. Age was related significantly to the number of verbally expressed transformations for females but not for males. High imaginative and low imaginative children did not differ according to the number of verbally expressed transformations or the proportion of ideational transformations. / No difference between males and females was found in the number of verbally expressed transformations or the proportion of ideational transformations enacted across all four pairing. When paired with opposite-sex peers, males and females did not differ according to these variables. However, when paired with same-sex peers, females used a significantly greater proportion of ideational transformations than did males. / The number of verbally expressed transformations was related significantly to popularity for boys but not for girls. When sociometric ratings was regressed on sex, age, and number of verbally expressed transformations, the model accounted for 21 percent of the variance. Sex accounted for more than half of the variance (12 percent). After sex was partialled out, the number of verbally expressed transformations accounted for an additional six percent. The proportion of ideational transformations was not related to popularity. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-09, Section: A, page: 2556. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75648 |
| Contributors | MCCARTY, CHARLOTTE JOAN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 167 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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