A Dynamic Systems Theory of epistemic curiosity


Subasi A.

NEW IDEAS IN PSYCHOLOGY, cilt.54, ss.8-14, 2019 (SSCI) identifier

  • 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.