Speaking of Psychology

Psychology takes toys seriously, with Barry Kudrowitz, PhD, and Doris Bergen, PhD

Dec 15, 2021

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What Is the Purpose of Toys?

02:30

What Happens to Children Who Grow Up Without Toys?

03:39

Is There a Difference Between Educational Toys and Fun Toy?

02:46

Introduction

3min

What Is the Purpose of Toys?

3min

Play Testing - What Makes a Toy a Good?

2min

Is There a Difference Between Educational Toys and Fun Toy?

3min

Is It Just the Creative End of Childhood? - Doctor Cutdrwits

4min

What Happens to Children Who Grow Up Without Toys?

4min

Do Toy Companies Routinely Have Psychologists?

2min

Play in the Netherlands?

4min

Potty Humor and Toys That Deficate

3min

10.

Is It a Boy or a Girl Toy?

3min

11.

Playing With Toys as an Adult

6min

12.

Are You Looking for Toys for Your Kids?

7min

Just in time for toy-buying season, Dr. Barry Kudrowitz, a toy designer and professor of product design at the University of Minnesota, and Dr. Doris Bergen, a professor emerita of educational psychology at Miami University in Ohio, discuss the psychology of toys. What makes something a good toy? Why do some toys stand the test of time while others fizzle out after one season? How has technology changed the way kids play with toys? Does gender affect kids’ toy choices? And do we ever grow out of toys?

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Speaking of Psychology

Psychology takes toys seriously, with Barry Kudrowitz, PhD, and Doris Bergen, PhD

What Is the Purpose of Toys?

What Happens to Children Who Grow Up Without Toys?

Is There a Difference Between Educational Toys and Fun Toy?

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