The Science of Interest / Paul A. O'Keefe, Judith M. Harackiewicz, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harackiewicz, Judith M., editor.

O'Keefe, Paul A., editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interest (Psychology).

Cognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 pages)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, [2017]

System Details:

text file

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

The Issue of Causation: Does Individual Interest Cause Knowledge or Does Knowledge Cause Individual Interest?

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 12, 2017).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: O'Keefe, Paul A. The Science of Interest

ISBN:

9783319555096

331955509X

Publisher Number:

99984096589

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