Material Information
- Title:
- Art in a Ganzfeld The Role of Context in the Perception of Art
- Physical Description:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Creator:
- Powell, Mary
- Publisher:
- New College of Florida
- Place of Publication:
- Sarasota, Fla.
- Creation Date:
- 2011
- Publication Date:
- 2011
Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree:
- Bachelor's ( B.A.)
- Degree Grantor:
- New College of Florida
- Degree Divisions:
- Social Sciences
- Area of Concentration:
- Psychology
Subjects
- Subjects / Keywords:
- Art
Ganzfeld
Perception
Turrell
- Genre:
- Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
bibliography ( marcgt )
theses ( marcgt )
government publication (state, provincial, terriorial, dependent) ( marcgt )
Notes
- Abstract:
- Research suggests that individuals have stronger affective and physical reactions to objects and experiences when placed under the context of art. I conducted an experiment to see if the same stimulus would illicit different emotive as well as physical responses when the stimulus was presented as art (installation group) or as a perceptual experiment (perceptual group). Participants were exposed to a Ganzfeld, a light environment consisting of an undifferentiated visual field, for 8 minutes and then completed a questionnaire consisting of the Positive and Negative Affective Schedule and Ganzfeld perceptual measures. The installation group scored higher on the positive affect measures and lower on the negative affective measures than the perceptual group but the difference was not significant. There was no difference between groups in the Ganzfeld perceptual measures. A post hoc power analysis revealed low power suggesting that a larger sample size may yield significant differences between groups. A low strength of the manipulation may also explain lack of significant differences. The context-accessibility theory of art recognition is proposed as an alternative explanation for the results.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2011
- General Note:
- RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- General Note:
- This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.
- General Note:
- Faculty Sponsor: Bauer, Gordon
- Statement of Responsibility:
- by Mary Powell
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- New College of Florida
- Holding Location:
- New College of Florida
- Rights Management:
- Applicable rights reserved.
- Resource Identifier:
- Classification:
- local - S.T. 2011 P8
- System ID:
- NCFE004436:00001
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