期刊名称：Psychological Science and Education psyedu.ru
电子版ISSN：2074-5885
出版年度：2014
卷号：6
期号：2
页码：19-34
DOI：10.17759/psyedu.2014060202
出版社：Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
摘要：The article focuses on use of cognitive activity in preschool children. Particular attention is paid to understanding of the symbolic mediation in the context of the study of play activities. We describe an experiment which purpose was to develop the representations of the rainbow phenomenon in children of preschool age. The formation occurred in two ways: through the use of symbolic means (using models), and through the use of symbols in the play activity. The subjects were preschoolers aged 4-5 years (N = 23) attending preschools in Moscow. The results show that the use of iconic and symbolic tools during development of the phenomenon have been effective when working with preschoolers. The discovered relationship suggests that the application of the iconic and symbolic means represent different cognitive processes: the successful use of symbolic tools is associated with high levels of general intelligence and vocabulary; the use symbolic tools is associated with creativity.
关键词：preschool; cognitive activity; play activities; symbol; sign
