Weber, Manuel (2024) Semiotic Strategies Across Development Phases. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Art remains a ubiquitous part of our lives, and the way that it is perceived and understood is significantly entangled with all of human meaning-making. This study explored how the meaning-making process with art varies among participants at different developmental stages and how they communicate their interpretations to peers. It uses qualitative data from dyadic conversations on meaningful art objects to understand art experiences, the meaning-making process and development. Focusing on four cumulative semiotic strategies - perception, imagination, conceptualization and analysis (van Heusden, 2015) - the dyadic conversations were coded to assess these strategies’ usage. Hypotheses predicted that younger participants would use more concrete strategies, while older participants would engage into more abstract ones. The results showed that the imaginative strategy decreases with age. However, perceptive, conceptual and analytical semiotic strategies revealed correlation with age. Visual analyses of State-Space Grids (SSGs) indicated mixed patterns for children and teenagers but consistent use of conceptual and analytical strategies among adults. This may hint at a developmental shift from perceptual and imaginative to conceptual and analytical semiotic strategies influenced by cultural knowledge and experience. Results emphasize the need for further research with larger samples and varied methods to refine our understanding of meaning-making with art across development.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Cox, R.F.A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Talent Development and Creativity (TDC) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2024 08:34 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2024 08:34 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4389 |
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