PSYC 472 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Diet Drink, Country Music
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Diet soda: hits receptors for sugar but not actually sugar. Vary juice for t1 or t2, see if image of certain female monkey overcomes juice difference. If high status individual, will take smaller juice and see picture than larger juice. Crossword puzzles: goldilocks (just difficult enough), not way too hard or very easy no aesthetics theory that accounts for that. Miller"s view of art: art requires a complex brain which is hard to maintain/use, quality of art signals quality of brain. Why do people like literature, plays, movies, novels, etc. Literature: for learning moral rules, precautionary tales, etc. Dancing: bodies moving in synchrony to the beat. What makes things cute: big eye to head ratio, big head to body ratio. Humor: honestly signaling compatibility in local culture variation among potential long term interaction partners (flamson & barrett) Everyone agrees is a production of the evolved psychological systems in people"s heads; it is thing to be explained, not an alternative exploration.
