Situational and individual interest can be interpreted as phases of the same reward-learning knowledge-acquisition process¶

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q1 i? In the framework, early-phase (situational) interest has an unstable feedback loop requiring external support and chance encounters, while developed (individual) interest allows the system to autonomously self-generate reward. → Kou Murayama 2019

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Kou Murayama 2019¶

Kou Murayama, Lily FitzGibbon & Michiko Sakaki. (2019). Process Account of Curiosity and Interest: A Reward-Learning Perspective. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-019-09499-9

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Theoretical reinterpretation within the review: the framework accommodates Hidi and Renninger's four-phase model by elaborating the reward-learning process behind situational versus individual interest, with the early loop unstable and easily disrupted without external input.

"Once the feedback loop is established, developed knowledge generates a number of new questions and adds value to behaviors aimed towards answering such questions, allowing the system to autonomously and continuously self-generate the feeling of reward."

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