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dc.contributor.advisorSells, S. B.
dc.contributor.advisorFenker, R. M.
dc.contributor.authorLane, Sam H.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-11T15:11:27Z
dc.date.available2019-10-11T15:11:27Z
dc.date.created1970en_US
dc.date.issued1970en_US
dc.identifieraleph-254873en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/34652
dc.description.abstractTwo major questions relevant to a cognitive conceptualization of personality were studied: (1) the identification of differential patterns of responses associated with individuals' preferences for complexity, and (2) the identification of factors associated with preference responses to stimulus complexity. Existing conceptualizations of the construct of preference for complexity were found to be simplistic and to ignore problems illustrated in the present study. Preference responses on the Revised Art Scale where complexity was defined in terms of informal abstract drawings were not consistent with preference responses to complexity as defined in terms of Attneave and Arnoult-type random polygons. This inconsistency was attributed both to domain and sampling differences between the two sets of stimuli. Previous research described a general statement of preference as an inverted u-shaped function of increasing stimulus complexity. By contrast, the present study, using inverse factor analysis, found preference-for-complexity functions involving four different preference responses for a-sided, random polygons. These were represented by four discrete groups of Ss. The first two groups only, of 21 and 4 Ss respectively, were described by a linear relation between unidimensional scales of preference and complexity; the larger group preferring complexity and the smaller group preferring simplicity. The relationships were more complex in the other two groups, each of 7 Ss. In the first two groups the same semantic differential scale factor was related to the unidimensional scales of preference and complexity, whereas in the latter groups, preference and complexity were related to different semantic factors. Preference judgments, for each of the groups, were best described by a unidimensional scale. Interpretation of preference dimensions derived from a multidimensional scaling analysis of the forms in terms of semantic differential scales and physical measures was not possible. Whereas the preference responses could be clustered into four different groups, all of the !S exhibited a similar strategy in evaluating complexity (as defined by Attneave and Arnoult-type forms). Three judgment dimensions were determined from a multidimensional scaling analysis which, interpreted psychophysically, were designated "Jaggedness, Perceived Sidedness" and "Asymmetry."
dc.format.extentix, 171 leaves, bound : illustrationsen_US
dc.format.mediumFormat: Printen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTexas Christian University dissertationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAS38.L356en_US
dc.subject.lcshPsychologyen_US
dc.titleThe role of differential patterns of responses in the relationship between preference and complexityen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
etd.degree.departmentDepartment of Psychology
etd.degree.levelDoctoral
local.collegeCollege of Science and Engineering
local.departmentPsychology
local.academicunitDepartment of Psychology
dc.type.genreDissertation
local.subjectareaPsychology
dc.identifier.callnumberMain Stacks: AS38 .L356 (Regular Loan)
dc.identifier.callnumberSpecial Collections: AS38 .L356 (Non-Circulating)
etd.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
etd.degree.grantorTexas Christian University


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