Exploratory Behavior and Human Development

Nunnally, Jum C.; Lemond, L. Charles

doi:10.1016/s0065-2407(08)60493-0

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“…All parties seem to agree that novelty, complexity, uncertainty, and conflict can induce interest. They disagree, however, about how these variables eventually influence intrinsic motivation (Fowler, 1965;Hamilton, 1981;Hutt, 1970;Loewenstein, 1994;Nunnally & Lemond, 1973;Reeve, 1989).…”

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“…We saw earlier, for instance, how cognitive dissonance processes can lead people to experience a task as interesting when they exert effort for no obvious reason (Aronson, 1960;Weick, 1964). Finally, Berlyne's collative variables refer to the stimulus properties that arouse interest (Berlyne, 1960(Berlyne, , 1971Nunnally & Lemond, 1973). Something might be interesting because it is uncertain, complex, novel, or inconsistent with existing information.…”

Section: An Integrated Viewmentioning

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Interest and Interests: The Psychology of Constructive Capriciousness

Silvia

2001

Review of General Psychology

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The abiding interest that sustains scientific research has only rarely been displaced onto interest itself. What little research there is, however, has pursued one of two parallel paths. The first path is the study of interest as a transient affective state. Emotion psychology-this path's primary traveler-has historically viewed interest as the black sheep in the flock of basic emotions. The -prototypical‖ negative emotions such as anger and fear have received the lion's share of research, leaving interest and the other positive emotions in relative obscurity (Fredrickson, 1998). But mere neglect aside, many venerable shepherds have kicked interest out of the flock entirely. Interest isn't included in many major emotion theories, beginning with Darwin (1872/1998) and continuing with contemporary models

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Section: Inducers Of Interestmentioning

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Interest and Interests: The Psychology of Constructive Capriciousness

Silvia

2001

Review of General Psychology

150

101

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“…The nature of the exploration depends on the properties of the object or setting and characteristics of the child, such as developmental level and familiarity with the setting (Endsley, 1967;Mendel, 1965;Nunnally & Lemond, 1973). Exploration research is important in the present study because for most chi ldren on a field trip, a significant portion of time is spent in a novel environment totally uninvolved in any structured learning activity.…”

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“…Finally, research on exp loration (Hutt, 1970;Nunnally & Lemond, 1973;Weisler & McCall, 1976;Wright & Vlietstra, 1975) has shown that children learn a lot about their surroundings during se1f-initiated, nondirected activities. The nature of the exploration depends on the properties of the object or setting and characteristics of the child, such as developmental level and familiarity with the setting (Endsley, 1967;Mendel, 1965;Nunnally & Lemond, 1973).…”

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The Field Trip Milieu: Learning and Behavior as a Function of Contextual Events

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Balling²

1982

The Journal of Educational Research

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“…All three variables can be regarded as sources of information, and bit values can be calculated for each. Nunnally and Lemond ( 1973) reported "an almost perfect correlation between information theoretical measures of complexity (variety) and average ratings by subjects. .…”

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