Subjective Distance of Color as a Function of Body-image Boundaries and Preferences
Abstract
It has been known for some time that subjectively estimated or "psychological" distance, and physical distance, are not equal. One of the factors that has been shown to be involved, and of interest to the present research, has been the emotional meaning and/or preference for the object perceived (Hastorf, 1950; Smith, 1953) . The advent of the body image concept, and the descriptions given for individuals of differing body-image boundaries (Fisher & Cleveland, 1968), has introduced an additional factor into the situation. One of the differences offered between High and Low Barrier individuals is that the former perceive the environment in a more perceptually intensified, colorful and vivid manner. It had been known that the more vivid a stimulus was perceived to be, the closer to the individual it was judged to be. Fisher (1968) then found that High Barrier individuals perceived objects as subjectively closer to themselves than did Low Barrier individuals.
Subject Area
Clinical psychology
Recommended Citation
SCHMUKLER, ISADORE, "Subjective Distance of Color as a Function of Body-image Boundaries and Preferences" (1976). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI7625750.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI7625750
