Foreword: by Carol S. Dweck
Preface: Toward a Science of Interest by Paul A. O’Keefe and Judith M. Harackiewicz
Part I: Theories and Perspectives Perspectives
Chapter 1: Interest: Knowns, Unknowns, and Basic Processes by Mary Ainely
Part II: The Functions of Interest Self-Regulation
Chapter 2: The Dynamic Nature of Interest: Embedding Interest within Self-Regulation by Dustin B. Thoman, Carol Sansone, and Danielle Geerling
Motivation Chapter 3: Interest and Engagement by Paul A. O’Keefe
Learning Chapter 4: The Role of Interest in Learning: Knowledge Acquisition at the Intersection of Situational and Individual Interest by Jerome I. Rotgans and Henk G. Schmidt
Part III: The Interest Spectrum Curiosity Chapter 5: Curiosity by Paul J. Silvia
Situational Interest Chapter 6: Situational interest: A proposal to enhance conceptual clarity by Maximilian Knogler
Individual Interest Chapter 7: The Power Within: How Individual Interest Promotes Domain-Relevant Task Engagement by Amanda M. Durik, Meghan Huntoon Lindeman, and Sarah L. Coley
Passion Chapter 8: On the Two Faces of Passion: The Harmonious and the Obsessive by Robert J. Vallerand
Obsession
Chapter 9: Creative Geniuses, Polymaths, Child Prodigies, and Autistic Savants:The Ambivalent Function of Interests and Obsessions by Dean Keith Simonton
Part IV: The Promotion and Development of Interest Promotion and Development Chapter 10: The Promotion and Development of Interest: The Importance of Perceived Values by Chris S. Hulleman, Dustin B. Thoman, Anna-Lena Dicke, and Judith M. Harackiewicz
Social Processes Chapter 11: How the Subjective Relationship between the Self, Others, and a Task Drives Interest by Allison Master, Luke P. Butler, and Gregory M. Walton
Chapter 12: Epilogue:by Judith M. Harackiewicz and Paul A. O’Keefe.
