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► Something that a person
enjoys learning about or doing.
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5. INTERESTWhat is INTEREST?
INTEREST
► Is a feeling that causes attention
to focus on an object, event, or
process.
► A quality that attracts your attention
and makes you want to learn more
about or to be involved in
something.
► A motivational variable refers to
the psychological state of engaging
or the predisposition to reengage
with particular classes of objects,
events, or ideas over time.
FOR YOU…What is INTEREST?
6. 2 TYPES OF INTEREST
SITUATIONAL INTEREST
► Refers to focused attention and
affective reaction that is triggered
in the moment by environmental
stimuli, which may or may not last
over time.
INDIVIDUAL INTEREST
► Refers to a person’s relatively
enduring predisposition to engage
particular content over time as well
as to the immediate psychological
state when this predisposition has
been activated.