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The Role Of Stimulus Similarity In In [Sic] Children's Preferences For Novelty, Larry Fenson
The Role Of Stimulus Similarity In In [Sic] Children's Preferences For Novelty, Larry Fenson
Psychology ETDs
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.
An Investigation Of The Construct Validity Of A Sensation Seeking Scale, Judith M. Niehaus
An Investigation Of The Construct Validity Of A Sensation Seeking Scale, Judith M. Niehaus
Psychology ETDs
The concept of “optimal” stimulation as an alternative to the drive-reduction theory was first proposed by Leuba in 1955.