ABSTRACT
The first section of this selection reported that when Ss spent 10-15 minutes rating a series of face-photographs, Ss tested in a “beautiful” room rated the faces as having significantly more “energy” and “well-being” than Ss tested in either an “average” or an “ugly” room. In discussing these results, one question was, “Were these merely short-term effects; would the Ss adapt to the rooms with time and negate the initial differences obtained?” The differences might simply reflect either activity appropriate to a “laboratory” situation, or initial adjustments to the room conditions. If this were so, then Ss having prolonged or repeated experience in less “experimental” circumstances either would show no effects at all, or effects that would rapidly diminish with time. This section utilizes material obtained from the examiners of the previous section that pertains to this problem.
