Aesthetic Preference in Adolescents as a Function of Race and Visual Complexity

Farley, Frank H.; Dowling, Phyllis M.

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“…Their findings approximated the inverted-U function that had been predicted by Wundt (1874). This function was also obtained with auditory stimuli in studies by Vitz (1966Vitz ( , 1972 and Walker (1973) and with visual stimuli in studies by Munsinger and Kessen (1964), Osborne and Farley (1970), Farley and Dowling (1971), Freedman (1986), and Imamoglu (2000.…”

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Musical Preferences as a Function of Stimulus Complexity of Piano Jazz

Gordon

Gridley

2013

Creativity Research Journal

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Seven excerpts of modern jazz piano improvisations were selected to represent a range of perceived complexities. Audio recordings of the excerpts were played for 27 listeners who were asked to indicate their level of enjoyment on 7-point scales. Indications of enjoyment followed an inverted-U when plotted against perceived complexity of the music. Overall enjoyment was less for nonmusician listeners than for musician listeners. The inverted-U function was similar to the relations predicted by Wundt, over 100 years ago, and obtained by other investigators for responses to classical piano music and nonvocal New Age music. Assuming that perceived complexity generates comparable arousal levels, these findings substantiate optimal level of stimulation theory.

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Musical Preferences as a Function of Stimulus Complexity of Piano Jazz

Gordon

Gridley

2013

Creativity Research Journal

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“…The familiar sequence occurs; scribble, primitive schema with its characteristic details, and even the adolescent 'plateau'." (8) Lowenfeld and Brittain 9give a detailed description of this developmental sequence in children's art. They describe the following stages: They use the same recognizable symbols as white children for such things as the sun, houses, chimneys (perpendicular to the roof slope), humans and trees.…”

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An Investigation into the Nature of Art Education for Aboriginal Children

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Fielding²

1974

Aborig. child sch.

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This paper is concerned with the art education of Aboriginal children. An attempt has been made to look at the situation as it exists, particularly in relation to fringe-dwelling Aboriginal children. This has been accomplished by means of a questionnnaire and direct teaching and observation of Aboriginal children on Palm Island and library research. The authors made a number of comparisons with data from research carried out overseas on similar groups, although they realise that no dogmatic conclusions can be made concerning Aboriginal children without further research in Australia.

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“…In experimental aesthetics, one of the more investigated phenomena is the so-called complexity preference function, or the generalized tendency for individuals to prefer complexity over Simplicity in a visual display _ A number of studies have been reported in which subjects have indicated a greater preference for complex over simple visual stimuli, whether the visual material is in the form of random polygons varying in the number of sides (the complexity dimension), or in the form of experimentally contrived line drawings varying in judged complexity, or in some other form Farley & Ahn, 1973;Farley & Dowling, 1972)_ Most of the available studies have used experimentally contrived laboratory-type materials. These materials are not of the type normally confronted by children.…”

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Experimental aesthetics: Children’s complexity preference in original art and photoreproductions

Farley

Weinstock

1980

Bull. Psychon. Soc.

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The relationship between aesthetic preference and complexity was studied in children, comparing full-size original abstract artworks with reduced-size photoreproductions. No preference for complexity was found; rather, a tendency toward preference for intermediate levels of complexity, or rejection of high complexity, seemed to be indicated, primarily for the full-size original artworks_ There was little relationship between results with the original artworks and their reduced-size photoreproductions, suggesting, until further research can be accomplished, a cautionary note in the widespread use of photoreproductions in experimental aesthetics.

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Aesthetic Preference in Adolescents as a Function of Race and Visual Complexity

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Musical Preferences as a Function of Stimulus Complexity of Piano Jazz

Musical Preferences as a Function of Stimulus Complexity of Piano Jazz

An Investigation into the Nature of Art Education for Aboriginal Children

Experimental aesthetics: Children’s complexity preference in original art and photoreproductions

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