Two earlier holocultural studies showed that institutionalized artistic traditions within societies worldwide tend to be complex to the degree that parents are harsh or rejecting toward their children. The present intracultural study within the United States of America, however, shows that preference for complex works of art is associated with parental warmth and acceptance. These two research strategics (holocultural research and intracultural research) yield diametrically opposing but nonetheless significant results. No adequate explanation has yet demonstrated the reasons for these contradictory results.
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