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THE NATURE OF PLAY The Nature of Play GREAT APES AND HUMANS Edited by ANTHONY D. PELLEGRINI PETER K. SMITH THE GUILFORD PRESS New York London © 2005 The Guilford Press A Division of Guilford Publications,Inc. 72 Spring Street,New York,NY 10012 www.guilford.com All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced,translated,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying, microfilming,recording,or otherwise,without written permission from the Publisher. Printed in the United States of America This book is printed on acid-free paper. Last digit is print number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The nature of play :great apes and humans / edited by Anthony D.Pellegrini, Peter K.Smith. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-59385-117-0 (hardcover) 1. Play—Psychological aspects. 2. Play behavior in animals. 3. Psychology, Comparative. I. Pellegrini,Anthony D. II. Smith,Peter K. BF717.N38 2004 156.′5—dc22 2004020577 About the Editors Anthony D.Pellegrini,PhD,isProfessorofPsychologicalFoundationsof Education in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. His primary interest is in the development of play and dominance.He also has research interests in methodological issues in the general area of human development,with specific interest in direct observations. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Spencer Foundation, and the W. T. Grant Foundation. Dr. Pellegrini is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and has been awarded a Fellowship from the British Psychological Society. Peter K.Smith,PhD,isProfessorofPsychologyandHeadoftheUnitfor School and Family Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Hisresearchinterestsareinsocialdevelopment,play,bullyinginschool,and evolutionarytheory.Dr.SmithiscoauthorofUnderstandingChildren’sDevel- opment (4th ed.; Blackwell, 2003) and coeditor of The Nature of School Bullying (Routledge, 1999) and the Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development (Blackwell, 2002). He has written widely on children’s play, particularly on pretend play training and rough-and-tumble play.Dr.Smith is also a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. v Contributors Patrick Bateson, PhD,Department of Zoology,Kings College,University of Cambridge,Cambridge,United Kingdom John Bock, PhD,Department of Anthropology,California State University, Fullerton,California Vera Silvia Raad Bussab, PhD,Department of Experimental Psychology, University of São Paolo,São Paolo,Brazil Douglas P. Fry, PhD,Department of Social Sciences,Abo Akademi University, Vaasa,Finland,and Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology,University of Arizona,Tucson,Arizona Juan-Carlos Gómez, PhD,School of Psychology,University of St.Andrews, St.Andrews,United Kingdom Yumi Gosso, MS,Department of Experimental Psychology,University of São Paolo,São Paolo,Brazil Kathy Gustafson, MS,Department of Educational Psychology,University of Minnesota,Minneapolis,Minnesota Kerrie P. Lewis, PhD,Department of Anthropology,Washington University, St. Louis,Missouri Beatriz Martín-Andrade, MS,School of Psychology,University of St. Andrews,St.Andrews,United Kingdom William C. McGrew, PhD,Departments of Anthropology and Sociology and Gerontology,Miami University,Oxford,Ohio Maria de Lima Salum e Morais, MS,São Paolo State Health Department, São Paolo,Brazil vii viii Contributors Emma Otta, PhD,Department of Experimental Psychology,University of São Paolo,Sao Paolo,Brazil Anthony D. Pellegrini, PhD,Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota,Minneapolis,Minnesota Jacklyn K. Ramsey, BA,Department of Anthropology,Miami University, Oxford,Ohio Fernando José Leite Ribeiro, PhD,Department of Experimental Psychology, University of São Paolo,São Paolo,Brazil Peter K. Smith, PhD,Department of Psychology,Goldsmiths College, University of London,London,United Kingdom Contents PART I BACKGROUND AND THEORY 1. Play in Great Apes and Humans 3 Anthony D.Pellegrini and Peter K.Smith 2. The Role of Play in the Evolution of Great Apes and Humans 13 Patrick Bateson PART II SOCIAL PLAY 3. Social Play in the Great Apes 27 Kerrie P.Lewis 4. Rough-and-Tumble Social Play in Humans 54 Douglas P.Fry PART III OBJECT PLAY 5. Object Play in Great Apes: Studies in Nature and Captivity 89 Jacklyn K.Ramsey and William C.McGrew 6. Boys’ and Girls’ Uses of Objects for Exploration, Play, and Tools 113 in Early Childhood Anthony D. Pellegrini and Kathy Gustafson ix x Contents PART IV FANTASY 7. Fantasy Play In Apes 139 Juan-Carlos Gómez and Beatriz Martín-Andrade 8. Social and Pretend Play in Children 173 Peter K.Smith PART V HUNTER-GATHERERS AND PASTORAL PEOPLES 9. Play in Hunter-Gatherer Society 213 Yumi Gosso,Emma Otta,Maria de Lima Salum e Morais, Fernando José Leite Ribeiro,and Vera Silvia Raad Bussab 10. Farming, Foraging, and Children’s Play 254 in the Okavango Delta, Botswana John Bock PART VI CONCLUSION 11. Play in Great Apes and Humans: Reflections on Continuities 285 and Discontinuities Peter K. Smith and Anthony D. Pellegrini Index 299
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