An experimental simulation of literary change.

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Conducted 3 simulations to assess the effects of need for novelty on literary change. 10 male undergraduates composed series of similes with restricted and unrestricted lengths and a series of TAT stories, all with instructions that each successive response be more original than all previous responses. In 2 of the 3 conditions, Ss significantly increased the originality of their responses over trials. Where length of response was restricted or where a higher need for novelty was induced (high-creative Ss), initial increases in regressive imagery were followed by evidence of stylistic disintegration. Where length of response was unrestricted or where a lower need for novelty was induced, regressive imagery increased continually across trials with no evidence of stylistic disintegration. Results are as predicted and closely parallel the results of a previous content analytic study of series of actual poetic texts. (15 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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