For the final exam:  There are two levels to be mastered.

The big picture in the second half of the semester is the nature of the 
stimulus for beauty.What were Berlyne's ideas? Martindale's?  How
important (influential, basic, etc) is the 
typical and how important is the novel ?   If both contribute something, 
how do they interact ?  How might differences in expertise contribute to 
an interaction ?   How do ideas like "categorical
perception", "connectionism" and "mental 
representation" enter into the mix ? Finally, do studies of personality 
and creativity contribute anything ?

The narrower level of concern features the specific research questions 
addressed in the various readings. What is the evidence that prototypicality 
influences aesthetic judgments ?  What are the criticisms of this work ?  
What is the evidence that an increase in arousal is important ?  Any criticisms 
here ?  How is 3-D illusionism produced ?  How does mental representation 
influence what we see (and perhaps) what we like in painting ?  Does art 
have survival value ?  What do we know about the development of artistic 
activity, e.g., drawing ?  What is creativity ?  Any important 
personality differences ?

There are some meaty essay topics here.  Since we have two hours, this 
exam will be a little longer than the midterm, but the structure (long 
and short essays) will be the same.  You should be ready to answer some 
aspect of the "big picture" problem, as well as some of the more specific 
material.