Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction 1. Transcending Time, Place, and Circumstance: An Introduction to This Volume Marjorie Taylor 2. Historical Overview of Research on Imagination in Children Jerome L. Singer and Dorothy G. Singer Part Two: Fantasy-Reality Distinctions 3. Fairy Tales, History, and Religion Paul L. Harris 4. Magical Thinking Karl S. Rosengren and Jason French 5. Beliefs in Magical Beings and Cultural Myths Jacqueline D. Woolley and Chelsea A. Cornelius 6. Distinguishing Imagination From Reality Deena Skolnick Weisberg 7. Children's Source Monitoring of Memories for Imagination Mary Ann Foley 8. Suggestibility and Imagination in Early Childhood Nathalie Carrick, Elizabeth Rush, and Jodi A. Quas 9. Child witnesses and imagination: Lying, Hypothetical Reasoning, and Referential Ambiguity Thomas D. Lyon 10. Fictional Worlds, the Neuroscience of the Imagination, and Childhood Education Angeline S. Lillard Part Three: Pretend Play and Narrative 11. Executive Function, Pretend Play, and Imagination Stephanie M. Carlson and Rachel E. White 12. The Distinction between Role Play and Object Substitution in Pretend Play Alison B. Shawber-Sachet and Candice M. Mottweiler 13. How Do Children Represent Pretense? Ori Friedman 14. Culture, Narrative, and Imagination Elaine Reese 15. Flux and Flow in Children's Narratives Susan Engel 16. Pretend Play as Culturally Constructed Activity Suzanne Gaskins Part Four: Imagining the Self and Other 17. Imaginary Relationships Tracy R. Gleason 18. Imagining Other Minds: Anthropomorphism is Hair Triggered but not Hare Brained Adam Waytz, Nadav Klein, and Nicholas Epley 19. Imagination and the Self Chris Moore and John Barresi Part Five: Mental Time Travel, Counterfactual Thinking, and Causality 20. Future Thinking in Young Children Cristina M. Atance and Jennifer L. Metcalf 21. Counterfactuals and Reality Sarah R. Beck and Kevin J. Riggs 22. Causality and Imagination Caren M. Walker and Alison Gopnik 23. What Children Understand about the Flow of Mental Life Anne O. Eisbach Part Six: Creativity 24. Imagination and Personal Creativity Mark A. Runco and Jeremy Pina 25. Individual Differences in the Development of Social Creativity Christophe Mouchiroud and Franck Zenasni 26. The Relationship between Pretend Play and Creativity Eva V. Hoff 27. The Creation of Imaginary Worlds Michele M. Root-Bernstein 28. The Influence of Television, Video Games, and the Internet on Children's Creativity Sandra L. Calvert and Patti M. Valkenburg Part Seven: Comparative Issues 29. On the Evolution of Imagination and Design Thomas Suddendorf and Andy Dong 30. The Comparative Study of Imagination Robert W. Mitchell Part Eight: Clinical Issues 31. Imagination and Dissociation Across the Lifespan Kathryn A. Becker-Blease 32. The Development of Imagination in Children with Autism Fiona J. Scott 33. The Role of Pretend Play in Child Psychotherapy Sandra W. Russ and Karla K. Fehr 34. Imagination-based Interventions with Children Jana Porat and Avi Sadeh 35. Telling stories: Accessing Narrative Imagination for use in Assessment with Clinical and Typical Populations Miriam Steele 36. Imagination and Coping with Chronic Illness Cindy Dell Clark Part Nine: Conclusion 37. Looking ahead: Some Thoughts about Future Directions Marjorie Taylor

About the Author

Marjorie Taylor, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon.

Reviews

This book should be in the libraries of clinicians and researchers who are interested in cognition and the fantasy world of children.
*Doody's Notes*