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Zenodo
2026
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| Online adgang: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19169010 |
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- <p>This module conceptualises curiosity as a disciplined cognitive process rather than a passive tendency to ask questions. Positioned within positive psychology as a VIA character strength, curiosity is defined here as the capacity to sustain inquiry long enough for new understanding to emerge. It reframes curiosity from momentary interest to structured engagement with uncertainty, where individuals resist premature closure, refine questions, and pursue resolution.</p> <p>The module maps curiosity across the NARMA–PERMA continuum. Under NARMA (Negativity, Apathy, Restriction, Meaninglessness, Adversity), curiosity is constrained through premature conclusions, disengagement from inquiry, social inhibition of questioning, loss of purpose, and fixation on unsolved problems. These patterns result in narrowed perception, reduced exploration, and stalled understanding. In contrast, under PERMA (Positivity, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment), curiosity operates as sustained, directed inquiry—expanding possibilities, deepening attention, enabling shared understanding, aligning exploration with purpose, and ultimately resolving uncertainty into insight and discovery.</p> <p>Using curiosity as a proof-of-concept strength, the module introduces Inversing as the mechanism of directional change, shifting individuals from constrained inquiry toward expansive, outcome-oriented investigation. The TURN framework (Target–Understand–Replace–Nurture) operationalises this shift by identifying limiting thoughts, establishing their flourishing opposites, replacing them with generative cognition, and reinforcing them through future-oriented behavioural alignment.</p> <p>Flourishing-Augmented Reasoning (FAR) extends this process by training attention toward refinement rather than closure, supporting repeated, reality-aligned engagement with unanswered questions. Through this integration, curiosity becomes not merely exploratory, but resolutive—transforming uncertainty into structured understanding.</p> <p>The module concludes with a formulation for life flourishing through curiosity:</p> <p>Curiosity (Life Flourishing) = Exploration of the Unknown × Refinement of Inquiry × Resolution of Uncertainty</p>