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TY - CHAP
T1 - Curiosity and Exploration
AU - Bazhydai, Marina
AU - Twomey, Katherine
AU - Westermann, Gert
PY - 2020/3/3
Y1 - 2020/3/3
N2 - Infants are not passive recipients of information but are curious learners who explore their world based on their intrinsic motivation. We review the main theories of the mechanisms underlying curiosity – the search for information for its own sake – and the means by which infants explore their environment, ranging from visual examination of objects to manual exploration and requesting information from social partners.
AB - Infants are not passive recipients of information but are curious learners who explore their world based on their intrinsic motivation. We review the main theories of the mechanisms underlying curiosity – the search for information for its own sake – and the means by which infants explore their environment, ranging from visual examination of objects to manual exploration and requesting information from social partners.
KW - Behaviorism
KW - Computational modeling
KW - Cognitive development
KW - Curiosity
KW - Dynamic systems
KW - Exploration
KW - Habituation
KW - Intrinsic motivation
KW - Social development
KW - Violation of expectation
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.05804-1
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.05804-1
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9780128165126
SP - 370
EP - 378
BT - Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development
A2 - Benson, Janette B.
PB - Elsevier
ER -