Complexity, prototypicality, familiarity, and the perception of musical quality
Evaluative responses to music have been neglected in relation to affective responses, and the present research investigated the relationships between ratings of musical quality, and those of liking, complexity, prototypicality, and familiarity. Fifty subjects rated 24 musical excerpts on 11-point sc...
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2001
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| description | Evaluative responses to music have been neglected in relation to affective responses, and the present research investigated the relationships between ratings of musical quality, and those of liking, complexity, prototypicality, and familiarity. Fifty subjects rated 24 musical excerpts on 11-point scales based on these five variables. In accordance with previous research, a positive correlation was maintained between ratings of liking and quality. Partial correlation and multiple regression analyses demonstrated that complexity explained more of the variance in quality ratings than either prototypicality or familiarity. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-332322019-02-19T05:35:40Z Complexity, prototypicality, familiarity, and the perception of musical quality North, Adrian Hargreaves, David Evaluative responses to music have been neglected in relation to affective responses, and the present research investigated the relationships between ratings of musical quality, and those of liking, complexity, prototypicality, and familiarity. Fifty subjects rated 24 musical excerpts on 11-point scales based on these five variables. In accordance with previous research, a positive correlation was maintained between ratings of liking and quality. Partial correlation and multiple regression analyses demonstrated that complexity explained more of the variance in quality ratings than either prototypicality or familiarity. 2001 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33232 http://doi.apa.org/?uid=2002-15451-005 University of Prince Edward Island * Department of Psychology restricted |
| spellingShingle | North, Adrian Hargreaves, David Complexity, prototypicality, familiarity, and the perception of musical quality |
| title | Complexity, prototypicality, familiarity, and the perception of musical quality |
| title_full | Complexity, prototypicality, familiarity, and the perception of musical quality |
| title_fullStr | Complexity, prototypicality, familiarity, and the perception of musical quality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Complexity, prototypicality, familiarity, and the perception of musical quality |
| title_short | Complexity, prototypicality, familiarity, and the perception of musical quality |
| title_sort | complexity, prototypicality, familiarity, and the perception of musical quality |
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