Ross J Loomis
Biographic Data
| ID | 1604773 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ross J Loomis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ross J |
| FAMILY NAME | Loomis |
| SIGNATURE | LOOMIS R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Colorado State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Visitor Self-Report Behavior Mapping as a Tool for Recording Exhibition Circulation
The evaluation of visitor flow within a museum or exhibition has been a topic of interest for decades with several research approaches taken over the years. Direct observation or visitor tracking during museum occupancy is the most popular technique, but it generally requires substantial amounts of time and financial resources. An alternative approach to direct observation—visitor self-mapping—is presented using data obtained from 2 short-term, s…
The Motive for Sensory Pleasure
Eight studies assessed the motive for sensory pleasure (MSP) involving a general disposition to enjoy and pursue pleasant nature-related experiences and avoid unpleasant nature-related experiences. The stated enjoyment of pleasant sights, smells, sounds, and tactile sensations formed a unitary construct that was distinct from sensation seeking, novelty preference, and need for cognition. MSP was found to be related to (a) enjoyment of pleasant na…
An “Honest Visionary” and “Dishonest Scallywag”
Within the history museum setting, there can be disconnect between historical “fact,” museum goals, and visitor perception and expectation. This disconnect is often exaggerated when the content of the museum is controversial or skewed by popular belief. The current research applied a conceptual model that attempts to describe both fact and fiction while balancing historical expertise and visitor expectations when developing themes for a historica…
Front-end evaluation and planning changes for a community museum
Design features which encourage psychological flow in museum visitors
A note from the editors
A Virtual Reality and Human Factors Analysis of a Renovated Diorama Hall
Four features of the Virtual Reality (VR) computer environment were used to describe advantages of science learning in a museum environment. Like VR, a museum exhibit can be a (1) three-dimensional, (2) dynamic, (3) closed-loop interactive, and (4) an ego-referenced learning environment. A VR conceptualization is especially appropriate for exhibits, like dioramas, that are intended to give visitors a “real world” experience. In addition, applicat…
Looking Back at Formative Evaluation
Looking Back at Front-End Studies
Evaluation for an Historic House Museum
The Learning Benefits of Leisure
Recreation planners, managers, and researchers have given little attention to the learning benefits of leisure. Learning, education, and protecting the environment are high priority concerns for the American people, and only relaxation exceeds learning in importance as a motivator for many leisure activities. Yet, most learning research in leisure settings has focused on short-term attempts to solve specific management problems, rather than enhan…
Chapter 1
There is an evolving field of visitor research based both on evaluation and basic kinds of research studies. The occasion of a First Annual Conference in Visitor Studies along with a developing literature are two indicators of interest. Some specific approaches to studying how visitors use museums, parks, zoos and other visit settings can be identified. These approaches, while not yet reaching the status of formal theories, are yielding a continu…
Chapter 15
Preferences for Recreational Environments
Environments were conceptualized as providing a context within which valued psychological attributes could be experienced. Environmental preferences under this general theory were defined to be a function of evaluative and cognitive assessments of an environment's psychological attributes. Since previous research was unclear as to the exact nature and validity of the evaluative assessments, four models of environmental preferences were investigat…
Individual Risk-Taking as a Function of Manipulated Information about Norms
Life situation dilemmas were presented to Ss who were to advise the central character in the situation as to what would be the lowest acceptable odds for success of a riskier, more attractive outcome. In the first session, the effects of familiarizing oneself with arguments pro and con were measured. In the second session, 10 days later, these same Ss were presented with manipulated norm information from the first session prior to taking the dile…
Subject Reactivity to Multiple Evaluations in a Field Setting
Social Desirability and Conformity in a Group Test Situation
A variation of a method for assessing social desirability and relating it to conformity was tested and partial confirmation of the method obtained. However, the data raised several questions regarding assessing social desirability by this method and predicting group conformity
Leadership Training Institutes
The Learning Benefits of Leisure
Recreation planners, managers, and researchers have given little attention to the learning benefits of leisure. Learning, education, and protecting the environment are high priority concerns for the American people, and only relaxation exceeds learning in importance as a motivator for many leisure activities. Yet, most learning research in leisure settings has focused on short-term attempts to solve specific management problems, rather than enhan…
Preferences for Recreational Environments
Environments were conceptualized as providing a context within which valued psychological attributes could be experienced. Environmental preferences under this general theory were defined to be a function of evaluative and cognitive assessments of an environment's psychological attributes. Since previous research was unclear as to the exact nature and validity of the evaluative assessments, four models of environmental preferences were investigat…
Leadership Training Institutes
Subject Reactivity to Multiple Evaluations in a Field Setting
Social Desirability and Conformity in a Group Test Situation
A variation of a method for assessing social desirability and relating it to conformity was tested and partial confirmation of the method obtained. However, the data raised several questions regarding assessing social desirability by this method and predicting group conformity
Leadership Training Institutes
Individual Risk-Taking as a Function of Manipulated Information about Norms
Life situation dilemmas were presented to Ss who were to advise the central character in the situation as to what would be the lowest acceptable odds for success of a riskier, more attractive outcome. In the first session, the effects of familiarizing oneself with arguments pro and con were measured. In the second session, 10 days later, these same Ss were presented with manipulated norm information from the first session prior to taking the dile…
Preferences for Recreational Environments
Environments were conceptualized as providing a context within which valued psychological attributes could be experienced. Environmental preferences under this general theory were defined to be a function of evaluative and cognitive assessments of an environment's psychological attributes. Since previous research was unclear as to the exact nature and validity of the evaluative assessments, four models of environmental preferences were investigat…
Chapter 1
There is an evolving field of visitor research based both on evaluation and basic kinds of research studies. The occasion of a First Annual Conference in Visitor Studies along with a developing literature are two indicators of interest. Some specific approaches to studying how visitors use museums, parks, zoos and other visit settings can be identified. These approaches, while not yet reaching the status of formal theories, are yielding a continu…
Chapter 15
The Learning Benefits of Leisure
Recreation planners, managers, and researchers have given little attention to the learning benefits of leisure. Learning, education, and protecting the environment are high priority concerns for the American people, and only relaxation exceeds learning in importance as a motivator for many leisure activities. Yet, most learning research in leisure settings has focused on short-term attempts to solve specific management problems, rather than enhan…
Looking Back at Front-End Studies
Evaluation for an Historic House Museum
A Virtual Reality and Human Factors Analysis of a Renovated Diorama Hall
Four features of the Virtual Reality (VR) computer environment were used to describe advantages of science learning in a museum environment. Like VR, a museum exhibit can be a (1) three-dimensional, (2) dynamic, (3) closed-loop interactive, and (4) an ego-referenced learning environment. A VR conceptualization is especially appropriate for exhibits, like dioramas, that are intended to give visitors a “real world” experience. In addition, applicat…
Looking Back at Formative Evaluation
Front-end evaluation and planning changes for a community museum
Design features which encourage psychological flow in museum visitors
A note from the editors
An “Honest Visionary” and “Dishonest Scallywag”
Within the history museum setting, there can be disconnect between historical “fact,” museum goals, and visitor perception and expectation. This disconnect is often exaggerated when the content of the museum is controversial or skewed by popular belief. The current research applied a conceptual model that attempts to describe both fact and fiction while balancing historical expertise and visitor expectations when developing themes for a historica…
The Motive for Sensory Pleasure
Eight studies assessed the motive for sensory pleasure (MSP) involving a general disposition to enjoy and pursue pleasant nature-related experiences and avoid unpleasant nature-related experiences. The stated enjoyment of pleasant sights, smells, sounds, and tactile sensations formed a unitary construct that was distinct from sensation seeking, novelty preference, and need for cognition. MSP was found to be related to (a) enjoyment of pleasant na…
Visitor Self-Report Behavior Mapping as a Tool for Recording Exhibition Circulation
The evaluation of visitor flow within a museum or exhibition has been a topic of interest for decades with several research approaches taken over the years. Direct observation or visitor tracking during museum occupancy is the most popular technique, but it generally requires substantial amounts of time and financial resources. An alternative approach to direct observation—visitor self-mapping—is presented using data obtained from 2 short-term, s…
Psychology (12 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Visitor pattern (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Front (military (3 works)