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Effort Heuristic in Art Evaluation Study by Veronika Dolejší is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This study aimed to replicate previous research investigating whether perceived effort is used as a heuristic for judging quality. Specifically, it examined if high school students would rate an abstract painting higher if they were told the artist spent more time (26 hours) creating it versus less time (4 hours). 23 boarding students viewed the painting and rated its overall quality on a scale. Descriptive statistics showed those in the high-effort condition rated it slightly lower (M=5.58) than the low-ef

Author

Veronika Dolejší

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EN