Do Prestige and Animacy Matter to Art Experts? Exploring Social Learning, Signaling, Perceptual, and Cognitive Explanations

IF 1.5 4区 心理学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Jan Verpooten, Sarah Delcourt, S. Dewitte
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Art experts generally perceive, process, and appreciate artworks differently from non-experts. Here we explored whether animacy of the content and prestige of the context of artworks matter to experts. Results (n > 1,000) suggest that experts are indeed swayed by prestige cues when appreciating artworks. Furthermore, the higher their expertise, the less animacy matters, to the point even of a reversal among the highest echelons. There experts prefer inanimate (e.g., furniture) to animate stimuli. We consider several, mostly complementary explanations. One interpretation is that experts might have learned through prestige bias to reduce their preference for animacy, which would be consistent with a prestige bias runaway process. Other interpretations include processing perceptual (dis)fluency, cognitive mastering, and identity signaling. Irrespective of the precise roles of these compatible processes, the results might point to a more general expertise-dependent pattern. We close by discussing further research opportunities to further fine-tune possible explanations.
声望和动画对艺术专家来说重要吗?探索社会学习、信号、感知和认知解释
艺术专家通常对艺术品的感知、处理和欣赏与非专家不同。在这里,我们探讨了内容的生动性和艺术品背景的声望对专家来说是否重要。结果(n > 1000)表明,专家在欣赏艺术品时确实会受到声望暗示的影响。此外,他们的专业知识越高,动物性就越不重要,甚至在最高级别之间出现逆转。在那里,专家们更喜欢无生命的(如家具)而不是有生命的刺激。我们考虑了几种主要是补充性的解释。一种解释是,专家们可能通过声望偏见来减少他们对动物的偏好,这与声望偏见失控的过程是一致的。其他解释包括处理感知(dis)流利性、认知掌握和身份信号。无论这些兼容过程的确切作用如何,结果都可能指向一种更普遍的依赖于专业知识的模式。最后,我们讨论了进一步的研究机会,以进一步微调可能的解释。
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期刊介绍: Empirical Studies of the Arts (ART) aims to be an interdisciplinary forum for theoretical and empirical studies of aesthetics, creativity, and all of the arts. It spans anthropological, psychological, neuroscientific, semiotic, and sociological studies of the creation, perception, and appreciation of literary, musical, visual and other art forms. Whether you are an active researcher or an interested bystander, Empirical Studies of the Arts keeps you up to date on the latest trends in scientific studies of the arts.
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