Heavy Metal Listening

In this study, the effect of music on cognitive performance, depending on personality type, was examined. In this case, whether listening to familiar or unfamiliar music will have an effect on the cognitive performance of extravert and introvert college students. Since the familiar music condition was based on popular music that would typically be constantly heard on the radio, will be easier to catch the participants attention due to preference and liking. Causing more difficulty for the participant to tune out the music and complete the task. However, for the unfamiliar music, since it has most likely never been heard of before, it will be easier to tune out the songs and ultimately perform better on the cognitive tasks at hand. It was hypothesized

According to researchers Christenson and Roberts, “American adolescents spend…between four and five hours a day listening to music…[which is] at least as much time as they spend watching standard television fare and more than they spend with their friends outside of school” (8). Music media influences the lives of adolescents in a number of ways. It “…alters and intensifies their moods, furnishes much of their slang [and] provides models for how they act…” (Christenson and Roberts 8). Music plays an important role in the lives of adolescents. They spend as much time, if not more, listening to music as they spend watching television, and therefore, music deserves additional scholarly attention.

While many people would easily agree that music is an art form that comes from the emotional complexity and passions of human beings, Aristotle’s truth that “music that rouses ignoble passions distorts a person's character” is debatable. The claim that “the wrong kind of music makes the wrong kind of person, and the right kind tends to make the right kind of person” is a paradoxical statement that changes meaning and credibility depending on the reader’s perspective. While morality has been an integral part of religious music throughout history, there is no direct correlation that a person’s listening choices reflect their personal belief structures or that the mental health or character of the listener is defined by their choice of music

“Heavy metal music has been a source of criticism ever since its’ birth in the late nineteen eighties” (Coss). Many people criticize this type of music because there is anger shown in the lyrics. Although the lyrics can be controversial at times, there is no evidence saying that heavy metal music causes violence. “Its’ controversial lyrics and harsh sounds have made it the target of much blame for psychological and behavioral problems in teenagers” (Coss). Parents of teenagers now and in past decades have worried about their kids listening to this kind of music. Most parents do not want their kids to listen to this kind of music; they are afraid that the music will lead to devastating effects in society. Another reason why parents do not like heavy metal music is that the music is extremely loud and ear shattering. Most people over

What kind of music do you like? Is it rock, country, rap, pop, or something else. We all have some sort of preference that we like, and we can thank our brain for that. With this paper I will tell you how our brain reacts to music and how it affects us.

Heavy metal music is often criticized for being a negative influence due to the lyrical content and aesthetics of the genre. For those unfamiliar with heavy metal, it is easy to make this correlation because of the darker and often taboo subject matter present throughout the music. With a little more analysis, however, it can be discovered that these same aspects thought to be negative actually bring forth positive results among metal listeners. What is found in heavy metal music is actually a display of emotions and energy that often have a purging effect which helps listeners of metal cope with the constantly changing world around them. Heavy metal is used as a tool for expressing emotion in a nonviolent way, rather than through physical destruction sought by some other genres.

influenced my topic choice. The main aim of this research is to understand whether the music influences

To start out, I’d like to exclude some popular opinions. The first one is that music can be determined by Age. Under evaluation, I saw no direct relationship between age and music. Sure my Grandma might not like some of my music, and I might not like some of hers. However, my Grandma likes some of the same music that my Girlfriend likes, including Lady Gaga! The thirteen-year-old kids she teaches also enjoy listening to music in her classroom. Age can tell a lot about what music was popular at the time, but doesn’t directly relate to overall musical preference. Next, I’d like to exclude the possibility of gender having a direct effect on preference. Trent loves to listen to his mom’s

So, the next time you are listening to music you can think about how the type of music you listen to describes you and your personality

In this lab, we tested the effect of different music genres on our subjects’ heart rates. We believed that faster, more intense music would energize the subjects, thus causing their heart rate to rise, whereas slow, calming music would relax our subjects, causing their heart rates to slow. The four genres of music we tested (our independent variable) were hard rock, fast classical, slow and quiet songs, and two songs they

Heavy metal listeners are often categorised as violent people and are often misunderstood, through this multi-stage research I will undercover the truth behind the stereotypes and try to understand if listeners of different music really have differences in behaviours.

Wanamaker, L., & Reznikoff, M. (1989). Effects of aggressive and nonaggressive rock songs on projective and structured tests. The Journal of Psychology, 123, 561-570.

This paper is meant to cover is meant to cover the Sociology of Music. Ever since the 5th grade, music has been one of the channels I've used to express myself and relate myself to. I regularly listen to music in most all occasions such as: in the car, walking to class, in the shower, in the morning, and most of my leisure. Personally, I don’t have a kind of genre that I prefer and I listen to most genres from Country to Jazz and Underground Rap. I'm always open to listen to other peoples music to help create a wider variety in the music I listen to. Taking into consideration of the impact that music holds in my life, I feel propelled to start a sociological study on people's interest in music from a sociological aspect.

A sample of 10 songs from each genre was selected based units sold, customer recommendations, or reviews by music critics. Researchers developed a set of specific music attributes on which each song would be judged using the Adjectives Check List (ACL; Gough & Heilbrun, 1983) to identify relevant attributes (130), having raters list all music attributes they were able to think of regarding all music (7 additional) and having raters evaluate the ability of each attribute to describe various aspects of music. The 137 attributes was then narrowed down to 20: clever, dreamy, relaxed, enthusiastic, simple, pleasant, energetic, loud, cheerful/happy, uplifting, angry, depressing/sad, emotional, romantic, rhythmic, frank/direct, boastful, optimistic, reflective, and bitter. Raters judged each song on the 20 defined attributes producing a set of psychological attributes of each of the four categories for which they were

Over the thousands of years that people have been making and listening to music, it has evolved greatly. In today’s time, most people listen to music on a daily basis. Everyone regardless of age, has their own type of music that they prefer to listen to. In an article about the psychological effects of music the author states: “Teens listen to the most music out of every age group” (Tarrant, 2000). It’s important to look at the different messages and themes that are shown in the different popular types of music that teens are listening to, and to see if it has an impact on identity formation. Most of the research I took a look at dating nearly 20 years, suggest that popular types of music that adolescents are listening to play an impact on identity formation. Typically the most popular music adolescents listen to include lyrics that feature explicit words, and promote risk taking behavior. These popular genres that are commonly listened among adolescents are known to normalize things like drinking and smoking, which can make teens become bigger risk takers. I wanted to take a look at the different types of music that are popular among teens in todays time and see how they could potentially impact one's identity. Music choice can be seen as a large part of someone's identity. It’s important to look at the types of music that adolescents are hearing, so that we can see what sort of things they are being exposed to and how it may impact them. Different types of messages and