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Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2004. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 79 p. : ill. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-59).

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The purpose of this study was to apply the Post-Modern aesthetic model proposed by Wetzl-Fairchild (1990) and a data collection method (verbal protocol) in order to establish a useful methodology for studying the aesthetic experience of a viewer in an art exhibition. I studied the interaction between a contemporary exhibition and professionals variously familiar with the artworld. I find that Fairchild's model is useful as a theoretical framework in coding the protocols and confirm that the think-aloud protocol can provide accurate data with respect to the cognitive activity of an art viewer. I suggest that the viewers' context became the pivotal issue determining the quality of their experience and propose that this context become the focus of further study in the exhibition design process. I conclude that personal context is pivotal in all aspects of art education, whether in a classroom or an art exhibition.

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Chapter 8 contains a brief discussion of two remaining issues arising from the linguistic analogy: the nature of the generative process in vivo by which the actor arrives at his performance, and the possible practical applications of a predictive model of social behaviour sequences in determining the outcome of a crucial course of events. A possible application of generative rules to the description of person and situation interactions in the determination of behaviour is also discussed.

Typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1967. / Bibliography: leaves [22]-23. / v, 33 l graphs, tables

Typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1967. / Bibliography: leaves [85]-88. / viii, 88 l tables

Thesis--University of Florida. / Description based on print version record. Typescript. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 118-127.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1967. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.