Curiosity is a special case of interest, with the two constructs overlapping in a part-whole rather than mutually exclusive relationship¶

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q1 i? From common-core definitions, curiosity and interest are neither identical nor completely disjunct; curiosity is a subset of states of interest, and during learning with a sense of agency the two are conceptually identical. → Pekrun 2019

Evidence¶

Pekrun 2019¶

Pekrun, R. (2019). The Murky Distinction Between Curiosity and Interest: State of the Art and Future Prospects. Educational Psychology Review, 31, 905–914. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-019-09512-1

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Theoretical argument in the commentary, derived from the author's common-core definitions rather than from data. The article states that curiosity is a state of engaging with a specific object, namely an information gap, so the relation is a part-whole relationship.

"From common core definitions, it follows that curiosity and interest are neither the same nor completely disjunct. Rather, it follows that they are overlapping."

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