Purcell, A.T., R.J. Lamb, E.M. Peron & S. Falchero, 1994, Preference of preferences for landscape?, in: Journal of Environmental Psychology, 14,
- Author : Purcell, A.T., R.J. Lamb, E.M. Peron & S. Falchero
- Year : 1994
- Title English : Preference of preferences for landscape?
- Journal/Series : Journal of Environmental Psychology
- Volume Number (CONSECUTIVE: Counting all Volumes of this Journal ever published) : 14
- Pages : 195-209
- Abstract in English : The research to be reported is concerned with some physical and cognitive aspects of places which influence preference. In Literature concerning the experience of landscape, assessments have been made of the degree to which people express overall preference for sets of examples. From this type of judgement a number of inferences have been made. A consistent implication made in much of this literature is that naturalness of the absence of man-made objects is a particularly important factor in creating preference for landscapes. From this previous work using overall preference, it is not possible to assess whether participant were making a simple attractiveness judgement or were adopting different criteria relating to scene as a setting for different types of activities. Further, it is possible that the basis for the judgement might not remain constant but might shift as a function of the particular attribute of the scene being judged. (differing preferences for the same setting). Only a few studies are dealing with these differences in preferences. The first aim of the present study is therefore to begin to assess the possible effect of contextual factors by investigating the relationship between a simple, overall preference judgement and preference judgements made, focusing on particular activities or uses. Specifically judgements of preference as a place to live and work and as a place to visit on a vacation were used in addition to overall preference. These two types of judgement were employed as they represent two of the broad ways in which places are use as settings for activities and can form a starting point for systematic research in this area. This study indicated that there kind of preference judgements. The complex pattern of results is discussed in terms of theoretical issues relating to the boundaries of the landscape category, the role of naturalness in landscape experience and preference and similarities and differences in experience between different cultures and geographic locations.
- Comments/Notes : KEYWORDS: preference, preference judgment, landscape.