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Download full textLancy, David F.; Grove, M. Annette – American Journal of Play, 2011
The authors review several case studies of children engaged in rule-governed play and conclude that the process of learning rules--and of breaking them and making new ones--promotes what they call gamesmanship. They link the development of gamesmanship to the theory of Machiavellian intelligence, which considers social interaction primary in the…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Interpersonal Relationship, Play, Social Development
