A Potential Way of Enquiry into Human Curiosity

Autor/inn/en	Guo, Shesen; Zhang, Ganzhou; Zhai, Run
Titel	A Potential Way of Enquiry into Human Curiosity
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Technology, 41 (2010) 3, (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1013
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.00949.x
Schlagwörter	Research Methodology; Personality Traits; Measurement Techniques; Research Tools; Stimuli; Research Needs; Data Analysis; Search Engines; Internet; Web Sites + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research method; Forschungsmethode; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Messtechnik; Forschungsmittel; Anreizsystem; Forschungsbedarf; Auswertung; Suchmaschine; Web-Design
Abstract	A powerful search for "curiosity" or its related topics at the online American Psychological Association PsycNET database will produce comparatively disappointing meagreness of resource. This reflects our scanty knowledge in this field though curiosity is widely recognised as one of the most important factors that contribute to motivation and effectiveness in education and scientific discovery. Lack of understanding in curiosity may be due partly to limitation of research methodology and technology. This paper suggests using Google Trends as a tool for the study of curiosity and its measurement. The observation based on this tool discusses external stimuli, accessible resource and surprisingness that are closely related to curiosity. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10