Week 3 What Is It To Be Curious

What is it to be 'Curious' ?
Scholarly Inquiry
GED0112
Prepared by: Co, Cruz, Dionisio, Pedregosa

Introduction
• Good day. Today, we are going to actively engage ourselves with
Curiosity.
• At the end of this lecture, you will be able to answer the following
questions.
1. What makes people curious?
2. Why do individuals explore the unknown?
3. Are curiosity and exploration motivations or drives?
4. What do you do when you are curious about something?
5. What do curiosity lead to?

Article Reading Material for this lesson

Take a minute and try to answer these
questions
What makes people curious
and why do individuals explore
the unknown?

Take time to try and answer these questions on your
own. We will answer them as we go along the lecture.
1. What makes people curious?
2. Why do individuals explore the
unknown?
3. Are curiosity and exploration
motivations or drives?
4. What do you do when you are
curious about something?
5. What do curiosity lead to?
6. What are you curious about?

Are curiosity a Motivation or Drive?
•What is Drive?
•It is defined as a basic or
instinctive need
•A vigorous effort toward
a goal
•To cause and guide the
movement
Drive
Drive theory of curiosity sees curiosity as a naturally-
occurring urge that must be satisfied in a very similar
manner to how we satisfy our hunger by eating. (Clark
Hull)
• When our curiosity becomes aroused, we look to new
or old interests to satisfy the urge.
Other examples feeling cold(or hot) is a drive because we
are urged to look for a place to warm up. When we are
already warm, we do not look for it anymore.

What is Incongruity Theory?
• It is based on the idea that our curiosity is motivated
when we're presented with something that doesn't fit
into our understanding of the world.
• We tend to view the universe as predictable and
orderly
• When this order is challenged, our curiosity is
aroused. Example. When you see an elephant in your house, you
would be shocked or surprised. Because it has challenged
your understanding of home where there shouldn’t be an
elephant. You know that it doesn’t fit and it should be in a
forest or savanna. Curiosity is aroused as to find explanation.
Is curiosity a Motivation or Drive?
• What is Motivation?
• It is defined as the
arousal, direction and
persistence of behavior
(Franken, 1994)
• An internal state or
condition that activates
behavior and gives it
direction
Motivation
•Desire or want, that
energizes and directs goal-
oriented behavior
•The influence of needs and
desires on the intensity
and direction of behavior.

Try answering these questions
What are examples of motivation?

What is the best motivator?
Can fear a be a great motivator?
Try answering these questions
What are examples of There are external motivations like money and
career. There are also internal motivations such as
motivation? happiness and achieving goals.
What is the best The best motivator depends on the person. There
are people who are best motivated by money and
motivator?
power while some are motivated by their faith in
God or caring for the family.
Can fear a be a great Yes. Sometimes fear can be a great motivator. Our
fear of death keeps us motivated to survive. As
motivator? simple as our fear of failing the test exam or fear of

disappointment from our family motivates us to
study and strive harder.

What makes people Curious?
• We are driven by our
propensity to learn,
discover, and create based
on our biological evolution.
• The ability to put together
clues evolved from
prehistoric hunters; hunting,
fire making, cave painting,
domestication, agriculture,
and civilization.
• Repositories of community
knowledge
• Shamans
• Written documents
• libraries
• Western curiosity defines
curiosity as eagerness for
knowledge.

• Negativity about curiosity
begins in the Bible.
• Synonymous to
disobedience and guilt;
futile activity; lust for
knowledge - sinful apetite.
• Curiosity about the world
and prospect of economic
benefit
• Curiosity implied a sense of
wonderment; collections of
attractive oddities
'curiosities'
• Biotic diversities of plants
and animals
• 'Professionals of curiosity'
uncover the secrets of the
natural surroundings.
• Curiosity is defined as a
need, thirst or desire for
knowledge
• The concept of curiosity is
central to motivation
• The term can be used as
both a description of a
specific behavior as well as a
hypothetical construct to
explain the same behavior
Curiosity
• Berlyne (1960) believes that curiosity is a motivational
prerequisite for exploratory behavior.
• Hunt (1963) states that curiosity refers to a "motivation
inherent in information processing" this means that curiosity
is a mixture of cognition and motivation.
• Roget's Thesaurus says that the absence of curiosity is
boredom, ennui, satiety, take no interest, mind one's own
business, uninquisitive.

Trait vs State Curiosity
describe the way humans engage (or don't engage) in curious behavior
• State Curiosity
• The fleeting arousal of curiosity that would
evoke curiosity as a reaction
• It tends to be related to high levels of reward,
such as excitement
• Explains the natural curiosity in humans
• Example
• A pencil that moved on its own
• What is the truck is doing making deliveries at
a nearby business at 2:00 a.m.
Trait Curiosity
The concept that curiosity
resides within is known
It relates to the characteristic
of some people to have a
lifelong interest in learning,
simply for the sake of learning

Trait Curiosity
It is linked to all manner of
behavior, from experimentation
with drugs and arson to high
intellect and fearlessness
Breadth of curiosity is the type
where an individual may be
interested in a wide array of topics
such as dinosaurs, foreign
language, astronomy, among
others.
•Generally, trait curiosity as a characteristic is
latent in all of us, but only exhibited in a high
order in some of us.
What are factors that inihibit some people to develop

their trait curiosity?
What are factors that inihibit some people to develop their trait
curiosity?
• There are a lot of factors that inhibit Trait curiosity such as
• Time - Time spent exploring can be seen as wasted time if it doesn’t produce
useful ideas. When in actuality, the core to being curious starts with taking
time to try new things. This also means many ideas will be thrown out, but
that’s OK.
• Fear - We don’t want people to think less of us when we ask questions. We
constantly want (and need) approval. Asking “why?” and “what if?” makes
you feel vulnerable and that can be extremely uncomfortable.
• Complacency - It takes a lot of courage and persistence to challenge the
status quo, especially when it’s easier to be passive

Questing 'Professionals'
• Queries prompted by what is worth knowing or
interesting to them
• Two levels of Inquisitiveness of the inquiring mind:
• Prudentical curiosity - practical issues such as natural
disasters, potical events, wars, economic crises, global
warming that having strong public interest.
• Epistemic curiosity - liquescent dept of the self that
express wonderment and puzzlement about something.
Intrisically motivated knowledge-driven curiosity learning
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The Curious Scholar
• Involve undergoing intellectual conversion that
affirms them as knowers
• Involved in acting on feelings of uncertainty and
pursues answers to questions
• Scholarly curiosity is a disciplined activity of people
predisposed by their training and inclination to
engage in learning at the edges of the known.

The Curious Scholar
“It is a grave mistake to think that the

enjoyment of seeing and searching can be
promoted bu means of coercion and a sense of
duty” - Albert Einstein
Rewards of Curiosity
•Gain an understanding of our world
•Stave our boredom
•Form our identities in part through the
information and attitudes we gain
•Lack of curiosity has been linked to negative
emotions. Studies have found that temporarily
depressed participants display a lack of state
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Good Job!
• Were you able to understand the lecture?
• If yes, proceed to read the article “The Business Case
for Curiosity?” by Francesca Gino. Once you are done
with the article, answer the formative assessment 2.
• If not, go back to the lecture and study again. Take
note of the points you do not understand and then
you may ask these questions in our discussion boards
or online meetings.
What is it to be 'Curious' ?
Scholarly Inquiry
GED0112

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What are examples of motivation?

motivation? happiness and achieving goals.

motivator? simple as our fear of failing the test exam or fear of

Prepared by: Co, Cruz, Dionisio, Pedregosa

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Prepared by: Co, Cruz, Dionisio, Pedregosa

What are factors that inihibit some people to develop

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“It is a grave mistake to think that the

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