Curiosity doesn't kill the student
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 04:00
in Psychology & Sociology
(Medical Xpress) -- Curiosity may have killed the cat, but its good for the student. Thats the conclusion of a new study published in Perspectives in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The authors show that curiosity is a big part of academic performance. In fact, personality traits like curiosity seem to be as important as intelligence in determining how well students do in school.