The Science of Interest. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul A. O'Keefe, Judith M. Harackiewicz, editors.
• Other Names: Harackiewicz, Judith M; O'Keefe, Paul A
• Contents: Foreword; Reference; Preface; Toward a New Science of Interest; Purposes of This Volume; Organization and Content of This Volume; References; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Theories and Perspectives; Chapter 1: Interest: Knowns, Unknowns, and Basic Processes; Interest: A Dynamic Relational Construct; The Dynamics of Situational and Individual Interest: Interest and Interests; Interest and Situational Interest; Triggering Situational Interest; The Experience of Interest; Interests and Individual Interest; Interest Development: From Interest to Interests. Interest: State Interest, Actualized Interest, and Psychological State of Interest Interest Experience: Emerging Evidence; Interest and Self-Regulation; Interest as Self-Regulation: Emerging Evidence; Conclusions; References; Part II: Functions of Interest; Chapter 2: The Dynamic Nature of Interest: Embedding Interest Within Self-Regulation; Specifying the Source of Interest and Accounting for Changes in Interest Over Time; A Dynamic Basis of Expected Interest; The Dynamic Basis of Interest Once Engaged; A Dynamic Basis of Interest after Engagement. Implications of a Dynamic Model of Interest Expanding the Examination of Meta-motivational Variables; Determining What Is "Effective" Regulation; Unanswered Questions and Future Directions; Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: The Multifaceted Role of Interest in Motivation and Engagement; Psychological Engagement: The Experience of Interest; Interest and Attention; Interest and Affect; The Scope of Attention and Modes of Engagement; The Role of Implicit Theories of Interest in Triggering Engagement; The Role of Interest in Task Performance and Persistence; Interest and Performance. Interest, Performance, and Self-Regulation Modes of Engagement and Performance; Modes of Engagement and the Trade-off Between Task Performance and Persistence; Engagement Can Promote Interest; Cognitive Dissonance, Insufficient Justification, and Overjustification; Making the Uninteresting Interesting; Social Engagement; Goal Orientations; Personal Relevance and Utility Value; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: The Role of Interest in Learning: Knowledge Acquisition at the Intersection of Situational and Individual Interest; The Science of Situational Interest and Learning. Does Arousal of Situational Interest Lead to Knowledge Acquisition? Scope of Measurement: The Issue of Averaged Impressions; Microanalytical Measurement; The Significance of an Interest-Arousing Stimulus in Situational Interest Research; The Knowledge-Deprivation Hypothesis of Situational Interest; Empirical Evidence for the Knowledge-Deprivation Hypothesis; Can the Knowledge-Deprivation Hypothesis Explain Other Situational Interest Findings?; The Science of Individual Interest and Learning.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (238 pages)
• Subjects: 153.733; Interest (Psychology); Cognition; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development; PSYCHOLOGY -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology; SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science; Cognition; Interest (Psychology); Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319555096
• Related ISBNs: 331955509X; 9783319555072; 3319555073
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