Play is characterized by four dispositions: involvement, intrinsic motivation, pleasure, and freedom to modify rules¶

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q2 i? Across play theories, a consensual working definition specifies four dispositions: being highly involved, intrinsically motivated, deriving pleasure, and having freedom to modify the rules within the play. → Wynberg 2021

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Wynberg 2021¶

Wynberg, E. R., Boland, A., Raijmakers, M. E. J., & van der Veen, C. (2021). Towards a Comprehensive View of Object-Oriented Play. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09608-7

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The review reports, citing Rubin et al. (1983), that all approaches attempting to define play share the notion that play is "a behavioral disposition that occurs in describable and reproducible contexts". The four dispositions serve as the review's working definition of play for assessing the behavior in early childhood education.

"Rubin et al. (1983) also distilled four dispositions that apply to play in general: (1) being highly involved, (2) intrinsically motivated for the sake of play(ing), (3) deriving pleasure from it, and (4) having the freedom to modify the rules within the play"

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