A Dynamic Systems Theory of epistemic curiosity

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2019-08-01

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Subasi, Ahmet

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The article offers a unified theory of epistemic curiosity within dynamic systems framework. It focuses on complex motivational dynamics leading to epistemic curiosity preferences, which are complexly determined by a combination of motivational, affective and cognitive sub-systems operating within an epistemic ecology. Each sub-system is delimited and modelled as an interacting dimension of the multidimensional causality of the system. The theory focuses on personal variations rather than population averages and offers a framework for modelling personality-based epistemic curiosity characteristics based on an analysis of epistemic curiosity preferences.

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Psychology (miscellaneous), General Psychology

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/64103

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NEW IDEAS IN PSYCHOLOGY

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2018.12.003

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Department of Psychology, Article

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A. Subasi, “A Dynamic Systems Theory of epistemic curiosity,” NEW IDEAS IN PSYCHOLOGY, pp. 8–14, 2019, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/64103.