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Research into state-trait curiosity and anxiety has resulted in a simplication of the constructs involved, particularly in the curiosity domain. This field of research previously has been dominated by a wide variety of interpretations such as specific vs diversive curiosity, perceptual vs epistemic curiosity, and breadth vs depth curiosity. It has been shown however, that these particular interpretations of the curiosity construct can be encompassed more satisfactorily within a global state-trait model, thereby avoiding much of the confusion which has plagued curiosity research to-date. In order to provide support for the state-trait curiosity model, the present paper examines the factor …

Depressed mood at encoding and retrieval of high- (HCS) and low-content structure (LCS) text was studied in samples of American and Australian college women. Within each sample, undergraduate students were allocated to one of three subgroups: 1) an Acquisition Group - received Velten depressogenic statements before reading a passage of text. 2) a Retrieval Group - received the same treatment immediately after reading the passage, while 3) a Neutral group - received neutral statements only. Depressed mood at encoding but not at retrieval was associated with a decrement in LCS cued recall scores only, consistent with a limited-capacity model, wherein …