The Pandora Effect

Hsee, C. K., & Ruan, B. (2016). The Pandora Effect: The Power and Peril of Curiosity. Psychological Science, 27(5), 659-666.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2016

Volume

27

Issue

5

Pages

659-666

DOI

10.1177/0956797616631733

DOI registrant

SAGE Publications

Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797616631733

Cited from

psychology

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1 citation across 1 artifact.

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Primes

• Curiosity
  • The tension is between curiosity as a foundational adaptive drive and curiosity as a liability when poorly regulated or directed toward unsafe or low-value targets.

    This sourceFour experiments show curiosity drives people to expose themselves to aversive stimuli (even electric shocks) with no benefit — empirical demonstration that unchecked curiosity can lead to harm. RE-SOURCE for D17-148 (T5: curiosity as a liability when poorly regulated; 'curiosity killed the cat'). Replaces the unverifiable kashdan-steger-2007 book-chapter citation, whose closest real counterpart (Kashdan & Steger 2007, Motivation and Emotion) is about curiosity and well-being and does NOT support a curiosity-as-harm claim. Verified.

    Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract

    Abstract-level evidence that curiosity can drive people to seek aversive stimuli with no benefit, backing the liability half of the claim; it says nothing about curiosity as a foundational adaptive drive.

    “In four controlled experiments, we demonstrated that curiosity could lead humans to expose themselves to aversive stimuli (even electric shocks) for no apparent benefits.”

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