Table 2. Liking ratings for Experiment 1–4.
Mean Liking ratings for fluency and mastery portraits, depending on experimental condition, separated for groups of low and high art-expertise and by phase. Standard deviations are noted in brackets.
| Repeated Evaluation | Familiarization | Mere Exposure | Replication | Transfer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low art-expertise groups | ||||||||||
| t1 | t2 | t1 | t2 | t1 | t2 | t1 | t2 | t1 | t2 | |
| Fluency | 4.30 (0.68) | 4.42 (0.98) | 4.02 (0.87) | 4.22 (0.87) | 4.04 (0.93) | 4.30 (1.01) | 4.43 (1.18) | 4.13 (1.01) | 4.62 (0.82) | 3.60 (1.12) |
| Mastery | 2.72 (0.86) | 3.78 (1.09) | 3.00 (0.76) | 2.90 (0.65) | 3.06 (0.80) | 3.27 (0.88) | 2.48 (0.96) | 3.25 (1.34) | 3.05 (0.98) | 3.28 (1.35) |
| High art-expertise groups | ||||||||||
| t1 | t2 | t1 | t2 | t1 | t2 | t1 | t2 | t1 | t2 | |
| Fluency | 4.27 (1.01) | 4.18 (0.74) | 4.50 (0.81) | 4.25 (1.05) | 4.37 (1.12) | 4.55 (1.12) | 3.78 (1.23) | 4.07 (1.04) | 5.12 (0.98) | 4.25 (0.83) |
| Mastery | 3.57 (.54) | 3.92 (0.62) | 3.68 (0.86) | 4.08 (0.96) | 3.17 (1.39) | 3.42 (1.20) | 4.00 (0.86) | 3.92 (0.89) | 3.17 (1.36) | 3.02 (1.20) |
Note: Post-hoc assignment to groups of relative low and high art-expertise groups was even (N = 12) except for the mere exposure condition (low expertise: N = 11, high expertise: N = 13)