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Exploratory behavior refers to activities by which actors keep in touch with the environment in the search for information. Students of exploratory behavior (see Voss & Keller, 1983, for an elaborated overview and discussions) generally view personal states of uncertainty and conflict as being the ultimate cause of exploratory behavior.
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Smitsman, A.W. (1994). The Active Exploratory Nature of Perceiving: Some Developmental Implications. In: Keller, H., Schneider, K., Henderson, B. (eds) Curiosity and Exploration. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77132-3_13
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