Exploring the Psychology of Interest

by Paul J. Silvia

Psychologists have always been interested in interest, and so modern research on interest can be found in nearly every area of the field: Researchers studying emotions, cognition, development, education, aesthetics, personality, motivation, and vocations have developed intriguing ideas about what interest is and how it works. Exploring the Psychology of Interest presents an integrated picture of how interest has been studied in all the wide-ranging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195158555
• ISBN13: 9780195158557
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"