Talk:Curiosity/Archive 1

Archive 1

Comments

Is there a "crappy article" template? Mbarbier 01:29, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

There is an empty references section. What is the deal? Mybadluck22 06:30, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I removed several sections that are not encyclopedic, are assumptions, and lack sources. 172.149.3.40 02:15, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

The penguins are awfully cute, but what do they have to do with curiosity? Pha telegrapher 08:08, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

The last two paragraphs under the last two headings are confusing me, especially the first. I do not know if they are entirely neutral, and they seem a little graphic. I have not edited them at all, because I do not have the expertise do deal with it. Could someone help, or, if there is no problem, just say so here and remove the nuetrality tag. Thank you. 205.208.239.153 01:19, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

"curiosity confers a survival advantage to certain species, and can be found in their genomes"

This claim is completely unsubstantiated! To my knowledge, no evidence exists linking *any* behaviour directly to genetics. Either this claim must be removed, or evidence must be cited linking curiosity to genetics - and I do not believe this evidence exists. (CB, 15th October 2006)

Most behavior has roots in genetics. Otherwise, it could not have evolved to begin with. Look into behavioral genetics. As for curiosity, it is related to the openness factor in the five factor model. That factor is about 50% heritable. Deleet (talk) 05:03, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Although it is obvious (but I can't prove it yet) that much behavior is cultural, it is evident by the effects of many diseases & infections, as well as experience, on behavior of humans & animals, that physiological & neurological factors (presumably based on genetics) are also genetic & individually experiential.

But you are right, and perhaps research into the bizarre behavior of ants under the influence of certain fungal infections should be cited in support. Likewise, perhaps the correlation of schizophrenia and cat hoarding in human females.

More to the purpose of this 'talk' page, a common definition of 'curiosity' as a noun is missing: An odd, anomalous, weird, or curious object is referred to as a "curiosity" as in a curio shop.
173.79.123.2 (talk) 02:48, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Philosophy and Curiosity

I'm going to be doing some work on a new section on philosophy. I'm new to wikipedia, so please give feedback! --Lilraskalnikovs (talk) 20:13, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Edits for Social Psych Course Assignment

This week's edits

This week I focused on adding and editing to the "Cause" section of this page. Each week I plan to edit each section a little further, contributing to the over all structure and informational content of the page. After contributing this week's edits I am contemplating the section layout of the page as well. The portion entitled "Causes" doesn't seem to speak to causes, instead just more the background and definitions of Curiosity. I may make this section a part of the lead and find a new way to introduce the causal section of this article.

Input is welcome. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkburnett4 (talk • contribs) 20:07, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Edits I will be making include:

• I have begun to edit the lead section- reworking what is already there, adding new information, and new citations
• I will also attempt to address some of the issues involving using to many primary citations and attempt to add secondary information and sources
• Overall it is a great start to an article, it just needs work on form and structure, citations, current research and publications and general overall readability.

I will do my best to attempt to tackle these issues during this course assignment for Summer2015 semester

I will be using these references to aid the construction of this article:

Benedict, B. M. (2001). Curiosity: a cultural history of early modern inquiry. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Görlitz, D., & Wohlwill, J. F. (Eds.). (1987). Curiosity, imagination, and play: on the development of spontaneous cognitive and motivational processes. Hillsdale, N.J.: L. Erlbaum Associates.

Hans-Georg Voss, Heidi Keller. (2013). Curiosity and Exploration: Theories and Results. New York, N.Y.: Academic Press, Inc.

Inan, I. The Philosophy of Curiosity. (2012). New York, N.Y.: Routledge.

Keller, H., Schneider, K., & Henderson, B. (Eds.). (1994). Curiosity and Exploration. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.

Litman, J.A. (2005). Curiosity and the pleasures of learning: Wanting and liking new information. Psychology Press, 19 (6), 793-814. Retrieved from: http://www.research gate.net/profile/Jordan_Litman/publication/245823962_Curiosity_and_the_pleasures_of_learning_Wanting_and_liking_new_information/links/0deec5374481256066000000.pdf

Phillips, R. (2013). Space for curiosity. Progress in Human Geography, 28 (4), 493-512.

--Mkburnett4 (talk) 18:09, 3 June 2015 (UTC)