Humans are curious creatures who may very well feel the urge to disregard exact orders. This drive is often encouraged by feelings of boredom or often because we cannot limit ourselves to more knowledge. The objective of this study was to observe curiosity between males and females. We evaluated female “peekers” against male “peekers” and female “non-peekers” against male “non-peekers.” A box visible enough to get attention from participants was decorated, a hole was cut on the top and a sign was taped to the front that read, “Do not peek.” A peeker was considered someone who disobeyed the sign and looked directly inside and non peekers were individuals who recognized the sign and followed its instruction. We hypothesized that females would be more likely to ignore the command and peek inside the box to satisfy their curiosity. After running a t-test, we concluded that there was a statistically significant difference between female peekers and male peekers and equally for male non-peekers and female non-peekers.
Keywords: curiosity, gender, commands, obey
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Cicero suggested that curiosity was an essential joy for learning and understanding while St. Augustine defined it as a futile hunger for knowledge (Lowenstein, 1994). During the 1960’s, after the field of psychology was launched so was contemporary research on curiosity. D.E Berlyne was an important founder of the concept and study on “exploratory behavior.” He proposed that curiosity is our need to obtain new information and a physical understanding of the world, which increases our likelihood to explore the things around us (Litman & Spielberger, 2003). Jordan Litman (2005) stated that absorbing more knowledge is satisfying because we hope to dismiss feelings of ignorance and doubt instead of additionally fueling our curiosity (Litman,
People who are inquisitive ask questions about why or how something is the way it is. They are not satisfied with a simple explanation of how something works, but always search for a deeper, more involved answer or explanation. Curious people question everything that interests them, even if the circumstances are not right to do so. In Anthem, Equality 7-2521 possesses these traits. As a child, he questioned everything about the world that his Teachers did not teach him, even if the Council of Scholars told him that there were no mysteries about those topics. He wanted to know everything about the world he lived in. He demonstrates his curiosity when he says, “And questions give us no rest. We know not why our curse makes us seek we know not what, ever and ever. But we cannot resist it. It whispers to us that there are great things on this earth of ours, and that we can know them if we try, and that we must know them. We ask, why must we know, but it has no answer to give us. We must know that we may know” (24). This is a desire which is never satisfied, since there is always more to learn about the world. Equality 7-2521 is naturally curious, and yearns to learn more at all
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Curiosity is often defined as a strong desire to know or learn something. Being filled to the brim with curiosity is one of the most amazing feelings. Finding something you are interested in and wanting to know every single thing there is to know about it. Being inquisitive is such a powerful thing, always wanting to see more, to hear more, to do more, to be more. It makes people who they are, if someone is not very curious, they might be very dull because they know what they know and they are content with that. It is the naturally curious people that get more out of life, because they are always searching for something more, something bigger and brighter, and often they find it. But, in certain situations, being overly curious can land you in a place you did not plan on being and a place you do not want to be. This shows through certain works of literature, for example, Charles Perrault’s story “Bluebeard”. Through the ages, this story has been tagged as one about the negative effects of female curiosity. Bluebeard’s wife in the story is given a key by her husband to a locked door in their home. She is told to not go in that specific room, but overwhelmed with curiosity she does anyway. Another work, a film in fact, The Piano directed by Jane Campion, is an adaptation of “Bluebeard” and makes some very distinct references to it. The Piano also points to themes of female curiosity through the main character Ada McGrath. Ada is married to a man named Alistair whom she had never met. She begins to have an affair with another man, named George Baines, under unusual circumstances. Her husband finds out and naturally blames it on her “female curiosity”, and proceeds to punish her. Her punishment is similar to the pu...
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middle of paper ... ... Our curiosity is what makes our interactions interesting and entertaining. As members of society, it is our innate ability to wander further than what we have in front of us. We want to impose our opinions on everything.
... to think deeper and seek answers that can achieve higher understanding of the world around us. Though, as, one will find stated in many books and readings of philosophy, “be aware that seeking deeper understanding and delving into the depths of more awareness, one may bring forth more questions than answers “.
...ich may be described as a desperate addiction to discovery is a fine concept but a dangerous practice. Man's natural flaws debase any professed altruistic goal; all attempts at discovery are ultimately revealed to be corrupt, selfish, and misbegotten.
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