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Normal and mentally retarded preschool children were tested for curiosity behavior and general activity. Although general activity was not found to be related to IQ scores, the results did indicate that the normal children’s level of curiosity behavior was greater than that of the mentally retarded ones. It was suggested that previous investigators have not reported a relationship between curiosity behavior and intelligence because of their use of Ss having a restricted range of IQ scores.
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This research was supported, in part, by National Institute of Mental Health Grant 1 Ro1MH21288-01, U.S. Public Health Service, and by a winter term grant from the Mary Babcock FoundatlOn. An expression of appreciation is due to Mark Voeller, who administered the Stanford-Binet tests, to Brenda Peoples, Director of the Union Baptist Day Care Center, and to Betty Trosper, Director of the St. Timothy Church Special Enrichment Center of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Richman, C.L., Kahle, D. & Rutland, S. Curiosity behavior in normal and mentally retarded children. Psychon Sci 29, 212 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332830
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