PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Optimal-arousal theory The concept of optimal-arousal of curiosity suggests that the desire is to maintain an optimal level of arousal. If the stimulus is too intensely arousing, a “back-away” type behavior is engaged In contrast, if the environment is boring and lacks excitement, exploratory behavior will be used.

Detailed explanation-2: -The arousal theory of motivation suggests that people are driven to perform actions in order to maintain an optimum level of physiological arousal. According to the arousal theory of motivation, each person has a unique arousal level that is right for them.

Detailed explanation-3: -Curiosity leads to activation of several areas of the brain, particularly the regions known as the substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area and the hippocampus. And connectivity between these same regions are associated with learning.

Detailed explanation-4: -Philosopher and psychologist William James (1899) called curiosity “the impulse towards better cognition, ‘’ meaning that it is the desire to understand what you know that you do not. He noted that, in children, it drives them towards objects of novel, sensational qualities-that which is “bright, vivid, startling”.