Interest as the Missing Motivator in Self-Regulation

By Carol Sansone, Dustin B. Thoman. 2005

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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The five-dimensional curiosity scale: Capturing the bandwidth of curiosity and identifying four unique subgroups of curious people (2018, background): “…theories and measures have described curiosity as a positive emotional experience combined with an approach motivation (e.g., Kashdan et al., 2004; Sansone & Thoman, 2005) and others have countered that curiosity elicits tension when a person attempts to reconcile gaps in their information (e.g.,…”
Engaging in Science: A Feeling for the Discipline (2016, background): “Sansone and colleagues (e.g., Sansone, 2009; Sansone & Harackiewicz, 1996; Sansone & Smith, 2000; Sansone & Thoman, 2005) similarly described an interest experience as an evolving affective and cognitive experience in interaction with goals, activity structure, and features of the environment.”
Interest Matters: The Importance of Promoting Interest in Education (2016, background): “Situational interest relates to self-regulation, task engagement, and persistence (Sansone & Thoman, 2005; Smith, Wagaman, & Handley, 2009; Thoman, Smith, & Silvia, 2011).”
Interest—The Curious Emotion (2008, background): “or making the task more complex ( Sansone & Thoman, 2005 ).”
Exploring the Relationship of College Freshmen Honors Students’ Effort and Ability Attribution, Interest, and Implicit Theory of Intelligence With Perceived Ability (2010, background): “In fact, individuals may transform an uninteresting, important task into a more interesting one to keep themselves motivated (Meyer & Turner, 2002; Renninger, Sansone, & Smith, 2004; Sansone & Thoman, 2005).”
Upper Secondary Students’ Situational Interest: A case study of the role of a zoo visit in a biology class (2013, background): “To the extent that individuals approach an activity with interpersonal goals, they will experience greater interest if the activity and surrounding context facilitate those goals (Sansone & Thoman, 2005 ).”
Regulation of Motivation: Contextual and Social Aspects (2011, background): “Nonetheless, the regulation of motivation is now recognized as a key aspect of what it means to be an effective self-regulated learner across many different models (Boekaerts, 1996; Corno, 2001; Pintrich, 2000; Sansone & Thoman, 2005; Winne & Hadwin, 2008; Zimmerman, 2000).”
What makes lessons interesting?: The role of situational and individual factors in three school subjects (2008, background): “States of interest arise through an interaction between the person and the surrounding context (Bergin, 1999; Sansone & Thoman, 2005).”
The stereotyped task engagement process: The role of interest and achievement motivation. (2007, background): “However, these actions may also hinder performance, at least in the short term (Sansone & Thoman, 2005).”
Boredom in achievement settings: Exploring control–value antecedents and performance outcomes of a neglected emotion. (2010, background): “Lack of interest and enjoyment indicates a lack of positive intrinsic value, implying that positive intrinsic motivation is lacking and that extrinsic motivation is necessary to sustain engagement (Sansone & Thoman, 2005).”