A preliminary report on a study of the interrelationships of certain appreciations.

A study comparing art abilities and general intelligence of college students.

“…There might be a criticism of the art courses, themselves offered here^-the lack of apparent emphasis upon appreciation. In comparison with other studies, the r between Art Appreciation and art grades agrees quite closely with that which Carroll 7 found between results on art judgment tests and art grades of college students (.40 with the Meier-Seashore test and .14 with the McAdory test). The other studies including correlations on college level employed criteria not used in this study and therefore cannot be compared.…”

Aesthetic sensitivity: Origin and development of an idea

“…Similarly, Voss (1936) observed notable improvement in aesthetic analysis and judgment in children aware of criteria for aesthetic merit, and Clair (1939) overtly refuted the condition of disinterestedness because "critical and appraising analysis of works of art (…) intensifies (…) [their] appreciation" (p. 67). Remarkably, Carroll (1932) showed that the relationship between the abilities to appreciate art, literature, and music was very slight. This not only discredited the determinist claim of generality but pointed to a modality-specific basis of aesthetic appreciation, even if according to standards.…”

Studies in the psychology of children's drawings: II 1928-1949.

“…The experiment was repeated, using the second set of dolls, Williams' findings were combined with those of Walton (pp. [51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62], who used the same method with approximately six hundred subjects ranging in age from four years to the adult level. The pattern of change in score with age is curious.…”

“…Two examples may be cited. Carroll (53) evaluated the art ability of older adolescents, using the McAdory and Meier-Seashore tests and quality ratings by experts of art products. He found no relationship whatever to measured introversion, submissiveness, or emotional instability, or to judged general personality disorders.…”