The authors examined the preferences of 7 men and 14 women for natural scenes high versus low in variety and number of elements and how this related to the number of constructs individuals use when interpreting natural scenes. Subjects showed a significant preference for scenes high in complexity. There was no relationship between the number of constructs used by an individual and whether the individual preferred scenes with a large number and variety of elements.
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