TEMPERAMENT AND PERCEIVED ATTRACTIVENESS OF ARCHITECTURAL OBJECTS

• Authors: Michał Dębek , Bożena Janda-Dębek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Research so far and hypotheses about psychological aspects of perception suggest that attitudes towards objects can be affected by individual traits, especially temperament. In this article the authors attempt to discuss whether attitudes towards architectural an object could be conditioned individually, at the level of temperamental differences. The authors reveal empirical findings on the relation of temperament to attitudes towards architectural structures featured in various shapes, colors and forms. The study included 389 persons. The fundamental issue was addressed using 3D architectural models (with variable controlled formal features) and the author`s Questionnaire on Attitudes to Architectural Objects. The obtained results are unambiguous: Temperament varies the attitude, but not unconditionally. Significant variation of attitudes due to temperament seems to affect architectural objects only with specific layouts of formal features. Nevertheless, the presented results can be treated as a premise for further research in this field of study.

Keywords

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TEMPERAMENT; FORMAL FEATURES OF BUILDINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION OF ARCHITECTURE; ATTITUDES TOWARD ARCHITECTURAL OBJECTS; ASSESSMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES; EVALUATION OF BUILDINGS; AESTHETIC PREFERENCES

• Publisher: University of Wrocław, Institute of Psychology and Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT - Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe
• Journal: Polish Journal of Applied Psychology
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 123-146

Contributors

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Michał Dębek

• Faculty of Architecture, Wroclaw University of Technology, ul. Bolesława Prusa 53/55, 50-317 Wrocław, Poland

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Bożena Janda-Dębek