A Dynamic Systems Theory of epistemic curiosity
NEW IDEAS IN PSYCHOLOGY, cilt.54, ss.8-14, 2019 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 54
- Basım Tarihi: 2019
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2018.12.003
- Dergi Adı: NEW IDEAS IN PSYCHOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.8-14
- Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The article offers a unified theory of epistemic curiosity within dynamic systems framework. It focuses on complex motivational dynamics leading to epistemic curiosity preferences, which are complexly determined by a combination of motivational, affective and cognitive sub-systems operating within an epistemic ecology. Each sub-system is delimited and modelled as an interacting dimension of the multidimensional causality of the system. The theory focuses on personal variations rather than population averages and offers a framework for modelling personality-based epistemic curiosity characteristics based on an analysis of epistemic curiosity preferences.