出版社：Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
摘要：The article introduces the definitions of a play and approaches to its understanding. On the basis of data obtained in several foreign studies the different criteria of play and such approaches to it as cognitive, narrative and socio-evolutionary are examined. The article provides the special analysis of terminological and contentual difficulties in search of play criteria and definition.
关键词：play; children; concept of play; cognitive development; narratives; pretend play; wide and narrow meaning of play
