An Annotated Bibliography for Curiosity
Where to find research to feed your curiosity about curiosity?
What if every day wasn't just about tasks, deadlines, or homework, but a quest for discovery? What if every new project or assignment sparked excitement, every challenge was an adventure, and every interaction became an opportunity to learn something new??
This isn't a utopian dream; it's a reality powered by curiosity.
Curiosity does more than just satisfy personal interests; it serves as a cornerstone for professional development and organizational success. The studies cited here illustrate curiosity can do many things:
The challenge isn't just to acknowledge curiosity but to actively integrate it into the fabric of organizational and personal practices. From recruitment strategies that value curious minds, to performance reviews that reward inquisitive approaches, to creating environments where asking 'why' is encouraged, the potential is vast.
Curiosity-Based Thinking is a culmination of these studies and designed to apply their insights in order to turn personal curiosity into new pathways of learning and growth. Bring in more opportunities for genuine curiosity and watch as curiosity transforms your workplace into a hub of learning, innovation, and meaningful work.?
What if curiosity is the most valuable currency you can invest in??
Contact me if you’re curious to learn more about curiosity and how Curiosity-Based Thinking can turn curiosity into your advantage.
Stay Curious!
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Emily Boudreau
According to cognitive scientist and researcher Elizabeth Bonawitz , curiosity is innate in all humans?—?a sensation much like hunger or thirst. “Curiosity acts as a kind of filter you put over the world to help the mind decide what information to attend to,” she says. “It’s a physiological response that helps drive action and decision-making to support learning.”
Scott Freeman , Sarah L. Eddy , Miles McDonough , Michelle K. Smith , Nnadozie Okoroafor , Hannah Jordt , and Mary Pat Wenderoth
The studies analyzed here document that active learning leads to increases in examination performance that would raise average grades by half a letter, and that failure rates under traditional lecturing increase by 55% over the rates observed under active learning. The analysis supports the theory claiming that calls to increase the number of students receiving STEM degrees could be answered, at least in part, by abandoning traditional lecturing in favor of active learning.
T. B. Kashdan and P. J. Silvia
People who are regularly curious and willing to embrace the novelty, uncertainty, and challenges that are inevitable as we navigate the shoals of everyday life are at an advantage in creating a fulfilling existence compared with their less curious peers. Our brief review is designed to bring further attention to this neglected, underappreciated, human universal.
Todd Barrett Kashdan and Michael F. Steger
Our results provide support for curiosity as an ingredient in the development of well-being and meaning in life.
A. B. Losecaat Vermeer, A. Muth, D.Terenzi, and S. Q. Park
Taken together, curiosity and information-seeking may benefit well-being and mood in high uncertain, and challenging times, by interacting with lifestyle measures (loneliness and nutrition). Our results suggest that information-seeking concerning?—?but not exclusive to the pandemic?—?can predict well-being in times of a pandemic, mediated by perceived loneliness. It would be important for future studies to investigate the change in information-seeking behavior in normal (pandemic na?ve) compared to emergent (pandemic) times. Our results suggest that curiosity interacts with lifestyle measures (loneliness and diet), indicating the potential to modulate each of these players to potentially increase well-being and mood during a time of crisis.
Todd B.Kashdan, Fallon R.Goodman, David J.Disabato, Patrick E. McKnight, Kerry Kelso Carl Naughton
These workplace curiosity dimensions predicted a substantial amount of variance in adaptive outcomes including job satisfaction, work engagement, job crafting, healthy work relationships, and innovation; as a test of construct specificity, workplace curiosity outperformed trait mindfulness in predicting each of these workplace outcomes. Results offer support for a comprehensive model of curiosity that identifies high-performing, satisfied individuals in the workplace. These findings underscore the importance of understanding, assessing, leveraging, and developing curiosity in teams and organizations.
Marilyn P. Arnone, Ruth V. Small, Sarah A. Chauncey, & H. Patricia McKenna
By understanding the factors that ignite and nurture children’s curiosity and sustain engagement in learning into adulthood, we can prepare our young citizens to face and embrace the global diversity, competitiveness, and constant change of a workplace or workspace that requires lifelong learning.
Daisy Yuhas
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A new study from the University of California, Davis, suggests that when our curiosity is piqued, changes in the brain ready us to learn not only about the subject at hand, but incidental information, too.
“Piquing curiosity could also help educators, advertisers and storytellers find ways to help students or audiences better retain messages. “This research advances our understanding of the brain structures that are involved in learning processes,” says
Goldsmiths, University of London psychologist Sophie von Stumm , unconnected to the study. She hopes other researchers will replicate the work with variations that can clarify the kinds of information curious people can retain and whether results differ for subjects who have broad ‘trait’ curiosity as opposed to a temporarily induced specific interest.”
Sarah Goldberg, Amanda Gibbs, Belen Martinez Caro-Aguado & Maribel Munoz
Curiosity is a motivational factor, which affects memory. By incorporating curiosity into ways of
teaching and learning, the memory of students can be enhanced and therefore education can be improved.
Reio, T. G., Jr. & Wiswell, A.
Results demonstrated that both state and trait curiosity influenced technical and interpersonal job performance through the mediational effects of socialization-related learning. Overall, these findings support the notion that curiosity-induced behaviors such as information seeking play a meaningful role in workplace learning as well as in job performance. Implications for adult learning, organizational socialization, and job performance are discussed.
ScienceDaily
The more curious we are about a topic, the easier it is to learn information about that topic. New research provides insights into what happens in our brains when curiosity is piqued. The findings could help scientists find ways to enhance overall learning and memory in both healthy individuals and those with neurological conditions.
Patricia Donovan
Their study concludes that the degree to which people are curious actively influences their personal growth opportunities and the level of intimacy that develops when they meet someone new.
Shah PE, Hirsh-Pasek K, Kashdan TB, Harrison K, Rosenblum K, Weeks HM, Singh P, and Kaciroti N
Children’s curiosity at kindergarten age was associated with greater parent conversation during television viewing. This association was stronger for children of low socioeconomic status.
RSA Social Brain Centre June 2012
George Loewenstein
Matthias J.Gruber, Bernard D.Gelman, Charan Ranganath
These findings suggest a link between the mechanisms supporting extrinsic reward motivation and intrinsic curiosity and highlight the importance of stimulating curiosity to create more effective learning experiences.
Todd B. Kashdan and John E. Roberts
Considering the unique utility of dispositional curiosity in predicting positive partner ratings of attraction and closeness, the interactive influence of curiosity and social anxiety in predicting self–ratings of attraction, and interpersonally generated state curiosity in predicting positive self and partner interpersonal ratings, curiosity appears to be important in enabling interpersonal closeness. Furthermore, it was promising to find the value of curiosity to be more important in the initial, lasting impressions of social interactions than the negatively valenced attributes of social anxiety and general NA. The comparative role of human strengths and vices in social interactions and relationships remains an interesting line of further inquiry. In the final analysis, our findings show that curiosity appears to be neglected and understudied in comparison to the recent attention given to other personality dimensions and the global domain of PA. We hope that our present findings will lead to further exploration of the possible mechanisms and qualities associated with curiosity in the interpersonal domain.
Alison Horstmeyer
Curiosity acts as a catalyst for exploration and fosters absorption, dedication, enthusiasm, and learning. Exploration of dif?cult, challenging, or complex situations may seem a paradoxical route to greater meaning in work. However, curiosity can serve as a motivational engine for individuals to better understand, utilize, and build their competencies to more successfully navigate their work environment and contribute in meaningful ways to both the workplace and their communities beyond themselves.
Aditya Singh and Jaison A. Manjaly
Curiosity appears to be a powerful way of inculcating a motivation to learn. Since the methods to induce curiosity listed in our article do not require new infrastructure in schools but merely a change in the manner of delivery of information, influencing student motivation, and thereby learning, inducing curiosity about the topics taught in the class provides an excellent pedagogical tool for teachers.