SOCIAL HEURISTICS IN INTERIOR DESIGN PREFERENCES

• Published in: Journal of environmental psychology Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 369 - 386
• Main Author: RITTERFELD, UTE
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier India Pvt Ltd 01.12.2002; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aesthetics; Analysis; Applied psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Environment. Ecology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Heuristics; Interior design; Judgments; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Social cognitive processes; Impression formation; Human; Social perception; Prototype; Preference; Priming effect; Aesthetics; Piece of furniture; Social cognition; Judgment
• ISSN: 0272-4944; 1522-9610
• DOI: 10.1006/jevp.2002.0276

A model of aesthetic impression formation is introduced which had been developed according to the heuristic–systematic processing theory in social judgment. It is assumed that heuristic processing is based upon socially relevant aspects of lifestyles (labeled as social heuristic), whereas structural...