The Psychology of Curiosity: A Review and Reinterpretation
Loewenstein (1994) · Psychological Bulletin, 116(1)
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What it found
Loewenstein's information-gap account holds that curiosity arises from an identified gap in one's knowledge, and grows as the gap becomes salient.
What it does not show
This is a theoretical review rather than an experiment on courtship. Applying it to how you pace a conversation is our extension of it.
Where we rely on it
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Walster, Walster, Piliavin & Schmidt (1973)Our reading
Our own opinion. We think it works. We can't prove it, so we say so instead of pretending.
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