CONTENTS
Karl Groos
PAGE
Editor’s Preface
iii
Author’s Preface
v
The System of Play—Introduction
1
PART I
PLAYFUL EXPERIMENTATION
I.
Playful Activity of the Sensory Apparatus
7
1. Sensations of contact
7
2. Sensations of temperature
14
3. Sensations of taste
14
4. Sensations of smell
16
5. Sensations of hearing
18
(
a
) Receptive sound-play
19
(
b
) Productive sound-play
31
6. Sensations of sight
48
(
a
) Sensations of brightness
50
(
b
) The perception of colour
54
(
c
) Perception of form
60
(
d
) Perception of movement
67
II.
Playful Use of the Motor Apparatus
74
A. Playful movement of the bodily organs
75
B. Playful movement of foreign bodies
95
1. Hustling things about
95
2. Destructive (analytic) movement-play
97
3. Constructive (synthetic) movement-play
99
4. Playful exercise of endurance
101
5. Throwing plays
103
(
a
) Simple throwing
105
(
b
) Throwing with the help of a stroke or blow
107
(
c
) Rolling, spinning, shoving, and skipping foreign bodies
110
(
d
) Throwing at a mark
114
6. Catching
118
III.
Playful Use of the Higher Mental Powers
121
A. Experimentation with the mental powers
122
1. Memory
122
(
a
) Recognition
122
(
b
) Reflective memory
128
2. Imagination
131
(
a
) Playful illusion
131
(
b
) Playful transformation of the memory-content
135
3. Attention
144
4. Reason
152
B. Experimentation with the feelings
158
1. Physical pain
159
2. Mental suffering
160
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