PSYC 307 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Universal Property, History Of Asian Art, Nonverbal Communication
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Horizons in landscape scenes were painted high in east asian pictures than western ones: higher horizon= attention to depth of setting, allows for different objects and places within a. Chapter 9: cognition and perception scene to be seen in relation to each other: lower horizon= reduces range of scene that is visible. East asian paintings: direct audience"s eye to relations among the different objects and places within a scene. Western paintings: direct audience"s attention to particular focal object. Figures in portraits were larger in western pictures than east asian ones: larger figures= focus one"s attention on portrayed individual. Taxonomic categorization strategy in that the stimuli are grouped according got the perceived. Analytic and holistic thinking similarity of their attributes: common among westerners. Thematic categorization strategy in that stimuli are grouped together on basis of causal, temporal or spatial relationships among them: common in east asian cultures.
