Open AccessPERSONALITY AND ESTHETIC SENSITIVITY 1
Author(s) -
Carlson Rae,
Parker Janet
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
ets research bulletin series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2333-8504
pISSN - 0424-6144
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1969.tb00578.x
Subject(s) - psychology , intuition , personality , sensation seeking , stimulus (psychology) , aesthetic value , social psychology , cognitive psychology , aesthetics , art , cognitive science
In an exploratory study of affective responsiveness as a component of esthetic sensitivity 62 college S s took the Allport‐Vernon‐Lindzey Study of Values and described on an antonym checklist their affective responses to photographs portraying “forces of nature.” One‐third of the group with extreme high and low AVL Aesthetic value scores were compared on measures of affective responsiveness and on Sensation‐Intuition and Perceiving‐Judging scales of the Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator As predicted, high esthetic value S s were more acceptant of stimulus materials (p = .005), more often perceptive (p = .025) and intuitive (p = .05) types on the MBTI Results support a typological conception of esthetic sensitivity, and suggest that direct, “pre‐artistic” emotional responsiveness to phenomena expressed in art forms is a component of this personality pattern.