4 groups of 22 Ss each, equally divided by sex, ranked or rated the complexity, preference, pleasingness, and interestingness of 7 pairs of outline drawings of buildings representing different architectural styles. In general, a linear rather than a curvilinear relationship was found between the four measures; the sexes did not differ in their responses to architecture; and the extent to which reactions to the architectural examples differed depended on the task.
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