This study investigated the development of curiosity in young children. A previous study by Kreitler, Zigler, and Kreitler had identified five specific types of curiosity, manipulatory curiosity, perceptual curiosity, conceptual curiosity, curiosity about the complex, and adjustive-reactive curiosity. The basic problem was to describe the development of these five types of curiosity in three-, four-, and five-year-old children. A secondary problem was to determine if children follow a predictable pattern in their development of the five types of curiosity. Five tasks, measuring nineteen variables of curiosity, were administered individually to thirty three-year-olds, thirty four-year-olds, and thirty five-year-olds by a trained rater. Mean scores for each variable and each type of curiosity were calculated for each group.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc331562 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Foote, Martha M. (Martha McNew) |
| Contributors | Schmidt, Velma, Kurth, Ruth J., Luttrell, H. Dale, Hammack, Barbara G. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 204 leaves: ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Foote, Martha M. (Martha McNew), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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