The Effects of Different Coloured Lighting and Ambience on Mood

This evening I made time to update my car iPod with new songs to listen to while driving. I made this a priority because good music can make the difference between a good and a bad day. Music is often linked to mood. A certain song can make us feel happy, sad, energetic, or

Weaknesses in the approach are it doesn’t consider the effect of environment on the mood. The approach is also deterministic and suggest that individuals are a product of their biology, everything is determined by the genes passed to

If you think about it, the type of music people listen to can affect their mood,

Have you ever been to a movie theatre, sitting at work, or hanging out at home and heard people eating, talking, or making repetitive sounds? For some, these are just regular everyday noises. But, for others these noises are so loud and disturbing that they literally become triggers for anger and cause people to distance themselves from social gatherings, family, and personal life (Kumar et al., 2014).

Overall, results indicate that the manipulation of the color of questionnaire had no effect on mood. However, there was an effect of time of day on mood as well as an effect of gender on mood. The results did not support the main hypothesis that different colors would elicit different moods. Thus, this study found no support for the prediction that brighter colors would elicit positive moods, whereas less bright colors would elicit negative moods. These results do not support past research findings that brighter colors tend to elicit positive moods, whereas, dark colors elicit negative moods (Hemphill, 1996; Kaya & Epps, 2004). Moreover, this result was not expected given the previously discussed research by Weller and Livingston (1988)

Music is a stimulant that can induce changes in arousal levels, which can be measured through indicators such as tense arousal (i.e. tension). The genre and how frequently individuals are exposed to a music stimulus can determine how significant the change in arousal will be. Generally, energetic music increases phasic arousal, which is the respondent state of arousal due to a stimulus (Olst, Orlebeke & Fokkema, 1967), because of the exciting mood they create, their fast tempo, tone, and beat accenting. Contrastively, relaxing music decreases phasic arousal because of their slow-pace and quieter sound (Huron, 2002). However, it is hypothesised that, when listening to their preferred type of music, participants will experience a smaller change

Have you ever noticed that sadness makes the world seem just a little more gray and dull? Well, it turns out that there may be some scientific evidence to back up that feeling. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, seems to suggest that sadness actually does change color perception in some people.

In “Music and Consumer Experience,” writer John T. Lang addresses the connection between the auditory atmosphere and consumer experience, arguing that companies use differing sounds. The author states that corporations use music to influence a consumer's mood and opinions. The beat of the music influences the speed that a customer move. Slow beat and customers linger, fast beat and customers will hurry. Music also serves to drown out unwanted sound and draw in customers. This music is played not to be listened to, but to be heard and influence customers. The music is programmed to result in the desired way. John uses the example that the sound of "babbling brook" will create a calm environment. The company, Muzak (now Mood Media) was a pioneer

Okay, so sound can change how you feel. Loud sounds attract our attention, and, in some cases, can warn us of important events, this is called a brainstem reflex (Psychology of Sound). Car alarms attract the attention of people in the vicinity and alert us to danger. Evaluative conditioning is when people associate sounds with events, such as a morning alarm. Hearing the same alarm in different settings may make one remember the feelings they have when they normally hear the alarm. When one recognizes the emotion behind the music, they are experiencing emotional contagion. One can understand the song well enough to recognise the sadness, even if the music they are listening to does not have a sad sound. Similar to emotional contagion, visual

To avoid any expectancy bias, the researchers categorized the research team members as either ‘observers’ or ‘interventionists,’ (Ho et al., 2011 n.p.). In which the composers of the music were not involved in data collection. Though the researchers focused on one type of music, they that the study proved overall that music had overall positive effects on decreasing agitated behavior. Supporting the claim of cc” (Clair, A. A., Lyons, K., & Hamburg, J, 2012 n.p.).

We believe that music with certain messages can have an effect on mood states. In this experiment we will be looking at how derogatory music will affect the mood state and test performance of women. We believe that music that has sexist themes will result in low mood states and test results of the females in that condition when compared to those in the positive and neutral conditions. Kellaris et al, Schellenberg, Metcalfe, Jones, Steele, and Hallum et al. all published studies about how music effects mood and performance. The Good, et al. study showed how

The impact of music on positive psychology and emotion is a well known fact. Music has an extraordinary ability to change people’s emotions. In humans, music has the ability to invoke emotions of sadness, happiness and even fear (Goycoolea, Levy & Ramirez, 2013). The ability of music to alter human mood makes it one of the greatest subjects of positive psychology. Seligman (2011) argued that even though a lot of effort has been spent on psychotherapy and pharmacology, such interventions are not

As the combination of different sounds travel through out ears, we tend to connect music with certain emotions or memories. For example, to feel that adrenaline rush we select a more upbeat tone in music. If you want a relaxed mood, you listen to something nice and calm with a relaxing melody. According to an article by Mental Health Center, students at Penn State did a study on music and emotions; they showed that people’s emotions have a more positive attitude after they listened to music. Music has a great

Research of Philip (2009) also showed the relationship between the annoyance and noticeability of sound. She showed a significant correlation between the urgency rating and the annoyance rating of alarm sounds. The urgency rating can be linked to the noticeability of the alarm sound, which in essence points towards a relationship between the annoyance and noticeability of a sound. Yet, there are no papers with guidelines or methods to deal with this problem.

It is said that music sets the mood in the room; energy in the room is based off the mood that is set. Soft, monotone music is