{"product_id":"the-drive-for-knowledge-irene-cogliati-dezza-9781316515907","title":"The Drive for Knowledge: The Science of Human Information Seeking","description":"\"In this chapter we discuss the psychological function of \"the drive for sense-making,\" or our innate desire to make sense of the world. We start by discussing why sense-making generates a drive, similar to those associated with the primary reinforcers of food, water, sleep, sex, shelter, and air. In our account, the drive for sense-making fills a critical gap in purely goal-oriented cognition by motivating us to continue investing in knowledge even when we cannot foresee exactly how it will benefit us. We then examine three different factors that shape the particular form sense-making takes: (1) the practical utility of holding accurate beliefs for attaining concrete goals, (2) the motivational significance of some beliefs, which generates a desire to make sense of the world in a way that feels good, and (3) the impact of computational limitations on the sense-making process, especially our limited ability to explicitly predict what information will turn out to be useful. Finally, we turn our attention to how these factors help to explain aberrant sense-making phenomena such as conspiracy theories, science denial, and political polarization\"--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Irene Cogliati Dezza\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1316515907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781316515907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023","brand":"Irene Cogliati Dezza","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075571380479,"sku":"9781316515907","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5c1c32a-9fce-48ba-b6d3-41b688f2064e.jpg?v=1685460214","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-drive-for-knowledge-irene-cogliati-dezza-9781316515907","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}