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Drawing on foundational theories from Freud, Erikson, Piaget, and Vygotsky, it outlines play as a vehicle for moral development across life. 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More recent researchers have also found evidence of moral development in their observations of children’s play. But, the authors claim, there have been many changes in the culture of childhood and adolescence in the past twenty years, and these have affected both the amount of time spent in play and the types of play that prevail. This article describes potential changes in the nature of play related to three new technologies—technology-augmented toys, video games, and virtual communities—and reviews the research and theory about their impact on play and on moral development. The authors look at research (including their own), discuss the positive and negative influences of these new technologies, and describe the need for further investigation. Keywords: cheating; play and moral development; technology-augmented toys; video games; violence in video games; virtual communities  \nAs the scholarship of play—and by play we mean, throughout this article, both playful activity and playful thought—continues its evolution and maturation, new questions and perspectives surface that must be reconciled with existing theory and practice. Especially, the pervasiveness of technology-based play urges a reexamination of core constructs of play, eliciting both exhilaration and worry about its extensiveness and variety. According to Kerrie Lewis Graham, technology’s unique lens may help clarify or expand fundamental play constructs and illuminate our understanding of other constructs.1 Earlier theorists related play to moral development, so we find it relevant and timely to ask how technology-related play may change the development of moral emotions, behaviors, and reasoning. In our attempt to parse the relationships among technology, play, and moral development, we first consider the theoretical basis for viewing play as a venue for moral development and then examine the evolution of both technology and play.  \n80  \nAmerican Journal of Play, volume 4, number 1. © The Strong.  \n[Contact Doris Bergen at Bergend@muohio.edu](Contact Doris Bergen at Bergend@muohio.edu)  \nTheoretical Views of Play as a Vehicle for Moral Development  \nMany early developmental theorists such as Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lev Vygotsky suggested that children’s play has the power to influence their moral emotions (guilt, empathy), behaviors (sharing, self-regulation), and reasoning (distributive justice). Moreover, these thinkers hypothesized that play had an impact on moral development throughout life. For example, concerning the development of moral emotions, Erikson discussed how children’s pretense and block play had moral-emotional meanings, and he asserted that this play influenced their adult rituals and moral behavior.2 Erikson stated that play-based rituals continue throughout life and remain closely linked to many aspects of moral development. He made these ideas explicit in Toys and Reason, where he discussed how childhood play became a dynamic force that lay behind the principled actions and creative achievements of adults.3  \nFreud saw play as a powerful force in the development of moral emotions, and he used imaginative techniques to help adults understand the early sources of their guilt and shame and the consequent inappropriate deeds and thoughts.4 His therapeutic methods involved helping patients play in order torelive such guilt and shame in the healing process. He asserted: “So when the human being grows up and ceases to play he only gives up the connections with real objects, instead of playing he then begins to create fantasy.”5 Freud saw joking—which h","cbCaidbknfDptupZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidbknfDptupZ","pdf",177697,"English","# Theoretical Views of Play as a Vehicle for Moral Development\n## Early developmental theories and moral development\n## Technology-augmented toys, video games, and virtual communities","[{\"question\":\"How do early theorists connect play with moral development?\",\"answer\":\"Early theorists such as Freud, Erikson, Piaget, and Vygotsky argued that children’s play can influence moral emotions, behaviors, and reasoning, and that play-related effects can persist across life.\"},{\"question\":\"What technology-related play areas does the article focus on?\",\"answer\":\"The article reviews changes in play linked to technology-augmented toys, video games, and virtual communities, and analyzes how these technologies may affect play and moral development.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the article suggest about the need for further research?\",\"answer\":\"It discusses positive and negative influences of new technologies on play and moral development while emphasizing the necessity of additional investigation to clarify these impacts.\"}]","Influences of Technology-Related Playful Activity and Thought on Moral Development | PDF",1792074554]