
Psychology ETDs
Publication Date
9-2-1965
Abstract
Berlyne (1960) has recently suggested that the degree of “novelty” possessed by a given stimulus is inversely related to three factors: (a) how often patterns that are similar enough to be relevant have been experienced before; (b) how similar they have been; and (c) how recently they have been experienced. Stated more simply, Berlyne is referring to the frequency, similarity, and recency of any stimulus.
Degree Name
Psychology
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
Psychology
First Committee Member (Chair)
Sidney Rosenblum
Second Committee Member
Frank Anderson Logan
Third Committee Member
Illegible
Sponsors
The Psychology Department of the University of New Mexico provided the funds for the purchase of film and slide mounts while the original prototype shapes used in constructing the stimuli and the equipment utilized in photographing and processing the film were the property of National Science Foundation Grant No. GB924, H. C. Ellis, principal investigator.
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Recommended Citation
Fenson, Larry. "The Role of Stimulus Similarity in in [Sic] Children's Preferences for Novelty." (1965). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/psy_etds/394