The relationship between play and intelligence

Abstract

A "pupil's time record card" was used in obtaining information on play activities of two groups of 26 children in the fifth grade whose IQ's in the respective groups ranged from 108 to 128 and from 64 to 95. The average bright child seems to spend about 45 to 50 minutes a day more in play than the average dull child. In mental recreation ("picture shows; playing checkers; cook and similar games; playing the piano or other instruments, etc.") the average bright child spends an hour more than the average dull child. The two groups showed no appreciable difference in "physical play." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)