PSYCH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Wilhelm Wundt, Habituation, Psych
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We enjoy id gratification (sex/violence) without conscious guilt. Art reflects representative transformation a higher reality that is the hidden source of all unity. The more unified the art the more beautiful, one body part injured would cause the entire body different posture. The wundt cur(cid:448)e and its (cid:862)s(cid:449)eet spot(cid:863): adaptation le(cid:448)el hedonic (cid:448)alue or rightness and habituation. If too far from adaptation level then something is unpleasant. In toleman hall it is absolutely quiet, there is a completely gratifying outside environment. After a while the outside environment gets not as gratifying. Your opinion of some songs follow the wundt curve since you become annoyed by the song if you listen for too much. In shakespeare there is lots of violence or sex because it frames the unconscious id gratification so people like it. 5, he based the entire symphony on the simple 4 note idea and it plays to our aesthetic zap. Aesthetically attractive means beauty in a certain context.
