Curiosity and Exploration [Paperback]

Exploration and play behaviour form the subject of thisbook, in which a wide range of research activities, boththeoretical and practical, are presented from variousfields. In particular, the emphasis on applications (forexample, in the development of software) demonstrates theintegrated approach to basic and applied research. Theauthors come from many different countries and representvarious theoretical approaches, enabling the reader toacquire an up-to-date overview of the field and thus form anopinion of his/her own regarding this field of research.Exploration and play behaviour form the subject of thisbook, in which a wide range of research activities, boththeoretical and practical, are presented from variousfields. In particular, the emphasis on applications (forexample, in the development of software) demonstrates theintegrated approach to basic and applied research. Theauthors come from many different countries and representvarious theoretical approaches, enabling the reader toacquire an up-to-date overview of the field and thus form anopinion of his/her own regarding this field of research.I: Introduction.- I.0 Preface: The Study of Exploration.- Definitions and Distinctions.- The Functions of Exploration: A Psychobiological Perspective Ultimate Causes.- Proximate Causes.- The Contents of This Book.- 1. Functional and Motivational Mechanisms of Exploration.- 2. Development and Individual Differences.- 3. The Interconnections of Exploratory Behavior and other Behavioral Systems.- 4. Applied Perspectives.- Additional References.- I.1 Fairy Tales and Curiosity. Exploratory Behavior in Literature for Children or the Futile Attempt to Keep Girls from the Spindle.- Evidence of Curiosity and Exploratory Behavior in Fairy Tales.- Types of Exploratory Behavior in Fairy Tales.- Movement.- Handling and Sensual Experience.- Evaluation of Exploratory Behavior in Fairy Tales.- Curiosity as Subject of the Story.- Curiol£,