Research Catalog

Title

Curiosity and exploration / Heidi Keller, Klaus Schneider, Bruce Henderson (eds.)

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Keller, Heidi, 1945-
• Schneider, Klaus, 1941-
• Henderson, Bruce.

Description

xvi, 350 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subjects

• Curiosity
• Curiosity in children

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Preface: The Study of Exploration / Heidi Keller, Klaus Schneider and Bruce Henderson -- Fairy Tales and Curiosity. Exploratory Behavior in Literature for Children or the Futile Attempt to Keep Girls from the Spindle / Rosemarie M. Rigol -- An Ethological Conception of Exploratory Behavior / Christiane Buchholtz and Andrea Persch -- The Neurobiological Foundation of Exploration / Finn K. Jellestad, Gry S. Folleso and Holger Ursin -- Two Characteristics of Surprise: Action Delay and Attentional Focus / Michael Niepel, Udo Rudolph, Achim Schutzwohl and Wulf-Uwe Meyer -- Interest and Curiosity. The Role of Interest in a Theory of Exploratory Action / Andreas Krapp -- Interest and Exploration: Exploratory Action in the Context of Interest Genesis / Benedykt Fink -- The Relationship Between Attachment, Temperament, and Exploration / Dymphna C. van den Boom -- Interindividual Differences in the Development of Exploratory Behavior: Methodological Considerations / Clemens Trudewind and Klaus Schneider.
• Preschoolers' Exploratory Behavior: The Influence of the Social and Physical Context / Klaus Schneider and Lothar Unzner -- A Developmental Analysis of Exploration Styles / Heidi Keller -- Individual Differences in Experience-Producing Tendencies / Bruce Henderson -- The Active Exploratory Nature of Perceiving: Some Developmental Implications / Ad W. Smitsman -- The Process and Consequences of Manipulative Exploration / Axel Scholmerich -- Motivational and Cognitive Determants of Exploration / Shulamith Kreitler and Hans Kreitler -- Computer Systems as Exploratory Environments / Siegfried Greif -- Urban Development for Children Reexploring a New Research Area / Dietmar Gorlitz and Richard Schroder -- Applause for Aurora: Sociobiological Considerations on Exploration and Play / Robert Fagen.

ISBN

• 354054867X (pbk.)
• 038754867X

LCCN

94010305

OCLC

• 30072561
• ocm30072561

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries