Interest can be conceptualized as an emotional state which results from stimuli imterpretation and comprehension, and also as motivator which leads an individual to a specific behavior, although it is generally accepted that interest plays an importan...
Interest can be conceptualized as an emotional state which results from stimuli imterpretation and comprehension, and also as motivator which leads an individual to a specific behavior, although it is generally accepted that interest plays an importance role interpreting stimuli, selecting information, deciding processing priority, and allocating attention in the process of learning and cognition, there has been no systematic approach on the effect of importance and cognitive interest within the field of cognitive psychology. Two experiment were conducted in order to test the event recall on importance of a event and cognitive interest in a story. In Experiment, it was found that 'seductive detail' is vary important role on the story recall and important information recall for the event very well.