A curious kitten.

Curiosity is an emotion that causes natural inquisitive behaviour such as exploration, investigation, and learning, evident by observation in many animal and human species. An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide variety of feelings thoughts and behaviours Behavior or behaviour (see spelling differences) refers to the actions or Reactions of an object or Organism, usually In the fields of Neuropsychology, Personal development and Education, Learning is one of the most important Mental function of humans Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus The term can also be used to denote the behavior itself being caused by the emotion of curiosity.

Causes

See also: Behavioral genetics

Although curiosity is an innate capability of many living beings, it cannot be subsumed under category of instinct because it lacks the quality of fixed action pattern; it is rather one of innate basic emotions because it can be expressed in many flexible ways while instinct is always expressed in a fixed way, and like any innate capability it confers a survival advantage to certain species, and can be found in their genomes. Behavioural genetics is the field of Biology that studies the role of Genetics in Animal (including Human) Behaviour. Instinct is the inherent disposition of a living Organism toward a particular Behavior. In Ethology, a fixed action pattern ( FAP) is an Instinctive Behavioral sequence that is indivisible and runs to completion An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide variety of feelings thoughts and behaviours In classical genetics the genome of a Diploid Organism including Eukarya refers to a full set of chromosomes or genes in a Gamete, thereby

Curiosity is common to human beings at all ages from infancy to old age, and is easy to observe in many other animal species. Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus Old age consists of ages nearing or surpassing the Average life span of Human beings and thus the end of the human life cycle. These include apes, cats, fish, reptiles, and insects; as well as many others. WikipediaManual of Style (spelling, articles should conform to one overall spelling style of English typically the one most linked to the article topic (if it is geographic Fish are aquatic Vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously Cold-blooded) covered with scales, and equipped with two Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Many aspects of exploration are shared among all beings, as all known terrestrial beings share similar aspects: limited size and a need to seek out food sources. Food is any substance usually composed primarily of Carbohydrates Fats water and/or Proteins that can be eaten or drunk by an

Strong curiosity is the main motivation of many scientists. A scientist, in the broadest sense refers to any person that engages in a systematic activity to acquire Knowledge or an individual that engages in such practices In fact, it is generally curiosity that makes a human being want to become an expert in a field of knowledge. Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus Knowledge is defined ( Oxford English Dictionary) variously as (i expertise and skills acquired by a person through experience or education the theoretical or practical understanding

Many historical figures were affected strongly by curiosity, to explore lands unknown to them, for example, Columbus, Balboa, Magellan, Coronado, Sir Francis Drake, etc. Christopher Columbus (1451 &ndash May 20 1506 was an Italian Navigator, colonizer Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475&ndash January 15, 1519 was a Spanish Explorer, Governor, and Conquistador. Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães fɨɾˈnɐ̃ũ dɨ mɐgɐˈʎɐ̃ĩʃ Fernando de Magallanes (Spring 1480 &ndash April 27 1521 Mactan Island, Cebu Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján (Born in 1510 &ndash Died on September 22 1554 was a Spanish Conquistador, who visited New Mexico and other Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c 1540 &ndash 27 January 1595 was an English Privateer, navigator, Slaver, and politician

See also: Curiosity quotient

Abstract curiosity

Though humans are sometimes considered particularly very curious, they sometimes seem to miss the obvious when compared to other animals. Curiosity quotient is a term put forth by Author and Journalist Thomas Friedman as part of a formula to measure learning and acquisition of knowledge Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus What seems to happen is that human curiosity about curiosity itself (i. e. meta-curiosity or meta-interest), combined with the ability to think in an abstract way, lead to mimesis, fantasy and imagination - eventually leading to an especially human way of thinking ("human reason"), which is abstract and self aware, or conscious. Interest is a feeling or Emotion that causes Attention to focus on an object or an event or a process Mimesis ( μίμησις from μιμεîσθαι) is a critical and Philosophical term that carries a wide range of meanings including Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Imagination is the ability to form Mental images/sounds/feelings or the ability to Spontaneously Generate images/sounds/feelings within one's own Mind Reason involves the ability to think understand and draw Conclusions in an Abstract way as in Human thinking Self-awareness is the concept that one exists as an individual separate from other people with private Thoughts. Consciousness has been defined loosely as a constellation of attributes of Mind such as Subjectivity, Self-awareness, Sentience, and the

Morbid curiosity

A morbid curiosity is an example of addictive curiosity the object of which are death and horrible violence or any other event that may hurt you physically or emotionally (see also: snuff film), the addictive emotion being explainable by meta-emotions exercising pressure on the spontaneous curiosity itself. Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific Violence is the exertion of force so as to injure or abuse The word is used broadly to describe the destructive action of natural phenomena like Storms and Earthquakes For the 2005 film see Snuff-Movie (film. A snuff film or snuff movie is a theoretical genre that depicts the death or Murder Meta-emotion refers to second-order Feelings or Emotions about first-order Emotions.

In a milder form, however, this can be understood as a cathartic form of behavior or as something instinctive within humans. Catharsis ( Κάθαρσις) is a Greek word meaning "purification" "cleansing" or "clarification According to Aristotle, in his Poetics we even "enjoy contemplating the most precise images of things whose sight is painful to us. Aristotle (Greek Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC was a Greek philosopher a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. Aristotle 's Poetics ( Greek: Ποιητικός, c 335 BCE aims to give an account of what he calls 'poetry' (for him the term includes the " (This aspect of our nature is often referred to as the 'Car Crash Syndrome' or 'Trainwreck Syndrome', derived from the notorious supposed inability of passersby to ignore such accidents. )

See also

• emotion
• interest (emotion)