2012•Journal of Russian and East European PsychologyRequires access

A Play-Like Position, or a Play-Like Attitude Toward Life, Is the Most Important Quality of the Preschool Child's Personality

Nikolai Podd'iakov

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Many psychologists presume that personality development can start only at schoolage. We argue that personality is manifested and develops in preschool children's play-like position or attitude toward life. We give several concrete examples of this attitude.

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Key concepts: Psychology, Personality, Position (finance), Quality (philosophy), Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Epistemology, Finance