A study of play in relation to intelligence

Abstract

The Lehman Play Quiz was used on groups of subnormal (I.Q. of 93 or less), normal (I.Q. of 94-106), and relatively superior (I.Q. 107-163) children. The children were asked to indicate the play activities in which they had engaged during the previous week, the 3 activities they liked best, the one to which most time was given, and those in which they had engaged alone. The bright children were less interested than the dull children in motor, religious, and social activities; the dull were less interested than the bright in those activities which required reading and in those which require a sense of humor. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)