Aesthetic disposition has been defined as the propensity to prioritize form over function and to approach any object as potentially valuable from an aesthetic standpoint. In this study, we examined whether and how aesthetic disposition was predicted by educational capital, personality trait openness, and sex. In addition, we investigated the association of educational capital and sex with openness. We compared students from a general high school (“high” educational-capital group) with students from a vocational high school (“low” educational-capital group). We found that (a) aesthetic disposition was positively associated with educational capital and, to a lesser extent, with openness, (b) sex was of minor importance in the distribution of aesthetic disposition, and (c) openness was positively linked to educational capital and unrelated to sex. Our findings support the view that educational capital plays an important role in the social distribution of aesthetic disposition and highlight a link between education and openness.

审美倾向被定义为倾向于将形式置于功能之上，并从美学的角度将任何对象视为具有潜在价值的倾向。在这项研究中，我们研究了教育资本、人格特质开放性和性别是否以及如何预测审美倾向。此外，我们调查了教育资本和性与开放性的关联。我们将普通高中（“高”教育资本组）的学生与职业高中（“低”教育资本组）的学生进行了比较。我们发现（a）审美倾向与教育资本呈正相关，在较小程度上与开放性相关，（b）性别在审美倾​​向分布中的重要性次要，（c）开放性与教育资本呈正相关并且与性无关。