Homo Curious: Curious or Interested?

Shin, Daejung; Kim, Sŭng-il

doi:10.1007/s10648-019-09497-x

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“…Some scholars have specified the distinctions between curiosity and interest Hidi & Renninger, 2019;Markey & Loewenstein, 2014;Renninger & Hidi, 2015;Shin & Kim, 2019). was probably the first comprehensive review of curiosity and interest.…”

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“…Subsequently, Shin and Kim (2019) discussed five aspects that distinguish curiosity from situational interest. They first compared the variables theoretically: while situational interest rooted in hedonic experience and emotion, curiosity stemmed from the drive theory involving unpleasant feelings when it has been aroused or unsatisfied.…”

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“…In the cases of curiosity and interest, this is presently difficult. Although there are some scales that have assessed curiosity and interest separately (e.g., Boscolo et al, 2011;Litman, 2008), the overlapping items in these scales is a concern (Shin & Kim, 2019). Thus, although researchers can, for example, examine simple correlations between the scores of curiosity and interest scales, the correlations on the basis of those scales are insufficient to tell the differences between curiosity and interest.…”

Section: Current Status On the Empirical Investigations About Curiosimentioning

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“…Pearson correlations are often used to weigh the closeness between variables and basis for the factor analysis; the strength of correlations can serve as a proxy to indicate the interdependency of variables. However, as it had been acknowledged, there is a large variety in the measurements of curiosity and interest in past research Schmidt & Rotgans, 2020;Shin & Kim, 2019), and it is not easy to draw a general conclusion about whether and how curiosity and interest are related per se. In other words, the conclusion drawn from the existing scales of curiosity and interest may be potential misleading.…”

Section: Study 1: Meta-analysis Of Curiosity and Interestmentioning

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“…Curiosity, the human drive to seek information or knowledge Kidd & Hayden, 2015), has been shown to have profound effects on learning (Kang et al, 2009;Shah et al, 2018), motivation (Vogl et al, 2020), and cognitive development (Malanchini et al, 2019). However, in both the research literature and daily usage, curiosity is often conflated with interest (Hidi & Renninger, 2019;Shin & Kim, 2019), and recently their relation has been discussed (see a special issue from Peterson & Hidi, 2019). Is curiosity synonymous with interest (Schmidt & Rotgans, 2020;, or are they two distinct constructs Renninger & Hidi, 2016)?…”

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The Differences and Similarities between Curiosity and Interest: Meta-analysis and Network Analyses

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The relationships and differences between curiosity and interest have received considerable attention and discussions. Yet, most of the discussions so far draw from little direct empirical evidence. In this set of three studies, the relationship between curiosity and interest were examined. The first study was a meta-analysis that examined the Pearson correlations between scales that aimed to assess curiosity and those that aimed to assess interest. Based on 24 studies (31 effect sizes), we found that curiosity scales correlate with interest scales at a moderate level (r = .53), but have extremely high heterogeneity, suggesting that the relationship largely depends on how they are conceptualized. The second and third studies applied network analyses (i.e., co-occurrence analysis and correlation-based analysis) to data collected using experience sampling method, examining how the subjective feelings of curiosity and interest are related. Across two studies, we found consistently differences between the feelings associated with curiosity and those associated with interest. While the feeling of curiosity was closer to feelings of inquisitiveness and eagerness to know more, the feeling of interest was closer to positive affects such as enjoyment and happiness. Most importantly, an asymmetrical pattern was found in curiosity-interest co-occurrences: when the feeling of curiosity occurred, the co-occurrences of the feeling of interest were highly likely, but not vice versa. That is, when the feeling of interest occurred, the feeling of curiosity was less likely to co-occur. The theoretical and practical implications of our findings are discussed.

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Section: Curiosity and Interest: Similarities And Differencesmentioning

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Section: Curiosity and Interest: Similarities And Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Current Status On the Empirical Investigations About Curiosimentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Study 1: Meta-analysis Of Curiosity and Interestmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Feedback beyond accuracy: Using eye‐tracking to detect comprehensibility and interest during reading

Sluis

Broek

2022

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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Knowing what information a user wants is a paramount challenge to information science and technology. Implicit feedback is key to solving this challenge, as it allows information systems to learn about a user's needs and preferences. The available feedback, however, tends to be limited and its interpretation shows to be difficult. To tackle this challenge, we present a user study that explores whether tracking the eyes can unpack part of the complexity inherent to relevance and relevance decisions. The eye behavior of 30 participants reading 18 news articles was compared with their subjectively appraised comprehensibility and interest at a discourse level. Using linear regression models, the eye-tracking signal explained 49.93% (comprehensibility) and 30.41% (interest) of variance (p < .001). We conclude that eye behavior provides implicit feedback beyond accuracy that enables new forms of adaptation and interaction support for personalized information systems.

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Cabin Fever Learning: Escaping the Pandemic When There's No Place to Go

Grenier

2021

New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development

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Because of stay-at-home orders and a desire to limit exposure or spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) , people worked or attended school from home and others became under-employed or lost their jobs entirely. Social gatherings were largely banned and bars, theatres, clubs, museums, sports facilities, and other public places for entertainment and socializing were closed. The resulting changes caused drastic changes for how people lived and learned. This was the case for my friend April . With the order from her state's governor, April, her partner Charlie, and their son Liam stayed home. While Charlie was able to work from home, and Liam continued tenth grade from a distance, April was furloughed from her library job and couldn't continue to volunteer at the local nursing home. In the first days of isolation April managed the immediate needs and concerns of her family, but two weeks in, her partner and son were in a routine and she lamented to me that she was "So bored". With a sudden abundance of time, limited outlets to manage her energy, anxiety, and stress, and nowhere to go, April went online. There she watched a bread making video, took part in a live event with a breeder of Irish sheepdogs, sat in on a virtual "home" concert and Q&A with an opera singer, and practiced with a series of yoga classes posted by the town community center. She shared experiences like these on Facebook and with each passing day more were added-an online tutorial for sewing face masks for the nursing home, a plumber on Instagram Live demonstrating how to deep clean a washing machine, and even a tour of Chernobyl to meet the stray dogs in the exclusion zone. It seemed to me that April had found a way to manage her growing cabin fever and I began to wonder (because I myself was cooped up at home) about April's sudden interest in learning. During the pandemic the momentous limitations to movement, social activities, work, and school, as well as the loss of freedom caused many like April to experience cabin fever (Gurney, 2020). Defined as a dissatisfaction with being at home, cabin fever includes feeling bored, irritable, and restless (Rosenblatt et al., 1984). In the midst of COVID-19 some responded by turning to alcohol (Knopf, 2020) or physical fitness (Jiménez-Pavón et al., 2020), or even adopting a pet (Wired, 2020), but others who had access, turned to the web.

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Homo Curious: Curious or Interested?

Cited by 73 publications

References 130 publications

The Differences and Similarities between Curiosity and Interest: Meta-analysis and Network Analyses

The Differences and Similarities between Curiosity and Interest: Meta-analysis and Network Analyses

Feedback beyond accuracy: Using eye‐tracking to detect comprehensibility and interest during reading

Cabin Fever Learning: Escaping the Pandemic When There's No Place to Go

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