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Interest—The Curious Emotion
Abstract
Despite their interest in why people do what they do, psychologists typically overlook interest itself as a facet of human motivation and emotion. In recent years, however, researchers from diverse areas of psychology have turned their attention to the role of interest in learning, motivation, and development. This article reviews the emerging body of work on the psychology of interest, with an emphasis on what contemporary emotion research has learned about the subject. After considering four central questions—Is interest like other emotions? What functions does interest serve? What makes something interesting? Is interest merely another label for happiness?—the article considers unanswered questions and fruitful applications. Given interest's central role in cultivating knowledge and expertise, psychologists should apply research on interest to practical problems of learning, education, and motivation.
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- Authors
- Silvia, P. J.
- Venue
- Current Directions in Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2008-02
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 57-60
- ISSN
- 0963-7214 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8721
- OpenAlex
- W2117651526
- Cited by
- 849
- References
- 27
- FWCI
- 26.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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