By Hans-Georg Voss
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113). Tedium theories have the disadvantage that they do not explain certain types of behavior sufficiently. These include the spontaneous appearance of exploratory expressions in a new situation or the active search for new or complex situations. Titillation theories are mainly concerned with the latter type of behaviors. There are two kinds of titillation theories: 1. Organisms strive toward maintaining an adequate overall stimulation level (Hebb; 1955; Leuba ; 1955). When this level is lowered; the organism searches for new stimulus sources.
They attempted to integrate such phenomena using Glanzer's model (1953a). Overall, the construction of the scheme is adapted to the process of exploratory behavior. The consequence of exploratory behavior becomes a starting point for new exploratory behavior by the organism. Because of prior experience; this new exploratory behavior will take place on a higher level; the range of optimal discrepancies is shifted toward a greater tolerance for new stimuli or a sensitivity for minimal differences.
Theoretical Approaches such a tendency or motive to acquire or transform information under circumstances that offer no immediate adaptive value for such activity [1967; p. " Livson avoids any reference to motivational sources, even though he uses the word motive in his definition and limits the adaptive aspect in such a way that "in Lewinian terms . . the value of the activity cannot be deduced from any derivative of biological drive in the lifetime of the individual [1967, p. " The process of collecting information is consciously formulated neutrally so that processes of incidental learning as well as hierarchical concepts can be included.