The Science of Interest

Part I. Theories and Perspectives

1. Interest: Knowns, Unknowns, and Basic Processes
Mary Ainley

Part II. Functions of Interest

2. The Dynamic Nature of Interest: Embedding Interest Within Self-Regulation
Dustin B. Thoman, Carol Sansone, Danielle Geerling

3. The Multifaceted Role of Interest in Motivation and Engagement
Paul A. O’Keefe, E. J. Horberg, Isabelle Plante

4. The Role of Interest in Learning: Knowledge Acquisition at the Intersection of Situational and Individual Interest
Jerome I. Rotgans, Henk G. Schmidt

Part III. The Interest Spectrum

5. Curiosity
Paul J. Silvia

6. Situational Interest: A Proposal to Enhance Conceptual Clarity
Maximilian Knogler

7. The Power Within: How Individual Interest Promotes Domain-Relevant Task Engagement
Amanda M. Durik, Meghan Huntoon Lindeman, Sarah L. Coley

8. On the Two Faces of Passion: The Harmonious and the Obsessive
Robert J. Vallerand

9. Creative Geniuses, Polymaths, Child Prodigies, and Autistic Savants: The Ambivalent Function of Interests and Obsessions
Dean Keith Simonton

Part IV. The Promotion and Development of Interest

10. The Promotion and Development of Interest: The Importance of Perceived Values
Chris S. Hulleman, Dustin B. Thoman, Anna-Lena Dicke, Judith M. Harackiewicz

11. How the Subjective Relationship Between the Self, Others, and a Task Drives Interest
Allison Master, Lucas P. Butler, Gregory M. Walton

Keywords: Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Educational Psychology, Learning & Instruction