What is it about?
This study examines hypothesized relationships between different expressions of intellectual (i.e., epistemic) curiosity -- to stimulate situational interest or fill in knowledge gaps -- relates to major aspects of personality that involve being more or less comfortable with ambiguity or uncertainty.
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Why is it important?
It shows us important differences between curiosity aimed at stimulating interest and curiosity aimed at "connecting the dots" to make sense of things orient us differently in regard to the ambiguous or unknown.
Perspectives
This really clarifies how interest (I) type expressions of intellectual curiosity (i.e., epistemic curiosity) differs from curiosity that involves feeling deprived (D) of knowledge one needs to solve problems.
Dr Jordan Litman
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This page is a summary of: Relationships between measures of I- and D-type curiosity, ambiguity tolerance, and need for closure: An initial test of the wanting-liking model of information-seeking, Personality and Individual Differences, March 2010, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.11.005.
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