Re: Musical Taste Linked To Personality Traits

Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 16:20:54 GMT
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> Phoenix <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<email-address-deleted>...
> > In article
> > <email-address-deleted
> > om>, email-address-deleted says...
> > > Excerpt from article:
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> > > The study, published in the June issue of Journal of Personality and
> > > Social Psychology, analyzed the musical tastes of more than 3,500
> > > individuals and found the musical styles people favor are closely
> > > linked to their personalities.
> > >
> > > It showed that musical preferences could be organized into the
> > > following four general dimensions according to the level of
> > > complexity, emotion, and energy found in each musical style:
> > >
> > > Reflective and complex - classical, jazz, blues, and folk
> > > Intense and rebellious - alternative, rock, and heavy metal
> > > Upbeat and conventional - pop, religious, country, and soundtracks
> > > Energetic and rhythmic - rap/hip-hop, soul/funk, and electronica/dance
> > >
> > > Researchers say each of these broad categories of musical preferences
> > > was also closely linked to an individual's personality traits,
> > > self-perception, and cognitive ability or intelligence.
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > Do you think you could cough up a link here?
> >
> > Really interesting teaser, with no meat.
> >
> > bel
> >
> > >
> Cripes, sorry for the omission. I just checked my "History", and
> can't identity the site. Try google search for
> June issue Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
>
> Sorry for the inconvenience.
>
> Regards, from Nan
Well shoot! Looks like the original version
can't be read unless I pay for it.
Here's an article about it thought-
http://12.31.13.48/HealthNews/reuters/NewsStor
y060620033.htm
This fascinates me because I've always been
puzzled by most people's exclusive liking for
only one or two musical genres. Most people
won't even venture out of their chosen musical
type for a song or two. I used to think that
marketing was the reason behind this musical
patriotism, but it makes more sense that
marketers are just plugging into the inherent
sense of identity inside our musical choices.
My own tastes are very elastic and broad, so
this issue has always been perplexing.
bel
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