CONFLICT operator achieves the highest downstream success rate among Berlyne-inspired curiosity operators, while NOVELTY is selected most frequently with a substantially lower success rate¶

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q2 i? CONFLICT achieves the highest success rate (79.03%, 72 appearances) among the five curiosity operators, whereas NOVELTY appears most frequently (258 appearances) but achieves a substantially lower success rate (61.42%). → Ganganath 2026

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Ganganath 2026¶

Ganganath, G., Bolonghege, P., Lyu, Q., Varakantham, P., & Kandappu, T. (2026). Curiosity as Linguistic Intervention: Using LLM Tutoring Dialogues to Influence Exploratory Learning Behavior. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.22349 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2606.22349

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Operator-level analysis (§5.2) of selection frequency and downstream success rates (the proportion of operator applications resulting in a stable or increased curiosity score) from Table 4. UNCERTAINTY shows the lowest success rate (44.44%, 22 appearances). The authors interpret this as consistent with Berlyne's theory that conflict produces stronger epistemic tension.

"CONFLICTachieves the highest success rate (79.03%) despite relatively infrequent selection (72 appearances), whereas NOVELTYappears most frequently (258 appearances)"

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