Evaluative Mind: Extraneous Influences on Morality, Aesthetics, and Perception

<p>In a series of experiments I examine extraneous factors that influence evaluative judgments and perception. Specifically, I focus on two kinds of evaluative states: <em>moral evaluation</em> and <em>aesthetic evaluation</em>. I use the domain of morality to explore the impact of emotions on moral value. I use the domain of art to explore influence of spatial features such as size and position, as well as attributions of fame of artist on aesthetic value. I show ways in which evaluation goes beyond the thing evaluated. I will in addition conclude with some exploratory work on valenced visual object recognition. This relates to the work on moral cognition by showing that emotions can influence perceptual judgment and also extends the general theme of this research by showing another domain where the response to a stimulus may go beyond the thing under consideration.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Seidel, Angelika Luiza

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Stefano Ghirlanda
• Jesse Prinz

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Glen Hass
• Curtis Hardin
• Aaron Kozbelt

• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Moral judgment
• Embodied Cognition
• Aesthetic judgment
• Evaluation
• Evaluative perception

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/1918

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:gc_etds-2941