Data to Investigate Interest Development in Information about Lesser Known Countries
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Greta Marie Fastrich, The University of Western Australia; Kou Murayama, University of Reading
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Project Citation:
Fastrich, Greta Marie, and Murayama, Kou. Data to Investigate Interest Development in Information about Lesser Known Countries. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-05-25. https://doi.org/10.3886/E119602V1
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Interest
is an important motivational element for learning in the school environment. However, little research
has directly addressed how interest changes over time as knowledge accumulates. To gain a better understanding of how knowledge
acquisition influences intra-individual change of interest, we developed a novel paradigm in which participants gain step-by-step information about lesser known countries.
After reading each piece of information, participants rated their
interest in the country.
Growth-curve modelling showed that interest grows during knowledge acquisition until
it eventually stalls and starts to decline. We also found that the opportunity to choose
information boosted the growth in interest and delayed its decline.
Further analysis revealed that people disengaged from a topic (i.e. stopped
accessing information about a particular country) when
their interest started to decrease.
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