PLEASURE AND COMPLEXITY - BERLYNE REVISITED

Authors
MESSINGER SM
Citation
Sm. Messinger, PLEASURE AND COMPLEXITY - BERLYNE REVISITED, The Journal of psychology, 132(5), 1998, pp. 558-560
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
The Journal of psychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223980
Volume
132
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
558 - 560
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3980(1998)132:5<558:PAC-BR>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
D. E. Berlyne (1960, 1974) posited an increasing linear-function for c omplexity with an inverted U-shaped function for pleasure. Berlyne's t heory of aesthetic response was tested through the presentation of 6 c olor reproductions of paintings to 92 participants and the gauging of their responses. When participants' pleasure was compared with interes t, that hypothesis was upheld. However, when complexity was compared w ith pleasure, Berlyne's theory was not supported.