Beauty beyond Compare: Effects of Context Extremity and Categorization on Hedonic Contrast

• Published in: Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 16 - 22
• Main Authors: Cogan, Elizabeth, Parker, Scott, Zellner, Debra A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Psychological Association 01.02.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aesthetics; Beauty; Classification; College Students; Concept Formation; Context Effect; Differences; Face; Female; Human Body; Humans; Interpersonal Attraction; Judgment; Male; Middle Aged; Philosophy; Photic Stimulation; Selection; Visual Stimuli; Young Adult

Three studies investigated the effects of extreme context stimuli and categorization on hedonic contrast by having subjects judge the attractiveness of faces. Experiment 1 demonstrated hedonic contrast in both directions by using 2 sets of stimuli presented in different orders. Preceding moderately...