(Much) More on Music

Or a symphony of administrative details

The Paper General Outline

Review article same format as paperette 6-12 pp.; Minimum of 8 references

Format details APA style

In text-citations Gordon (2002) stated in his thesis…(or)… as evidenced in his thesis

(Gordon, 2002) … and everyone was happy (Gordon, MacDonald, Russo, Schumer, 2003),

later (Gordon et al., 2003). “How’s the weather?” (Mencher et al., 2004, p 12) or (Mencher et al., 1998,

chap 4). Topic

Anything in hearing, differs from paperette Does not require approval (suggested for thesis)

Due Date (Dec. 8 in-class), Dec. 10 Friday: CCIT 4015 Hard (paper) Copy + email copy

The paper Stylistic Considerations

Do not quote Thesis

Would anyone disagree? Good thesis is well-defended, but has clear opposing arguments

Extraneous vs. Salient information Method, result, conclusion relating to thesis

What methods are critical to obtaining this result? How does this study compare with the others described?

Criticisms of Work How would the review respond? Is it really a confounding

variable? Rough Drafts

‘In-office’ review – must schedule an appt. On or before Dec 6, 2004

Quizette 2

Multiple Choice Questions + Essay Questions + Bonus Question Multiple Choice

20 questions, 1 pt each Ambiguous/No correct answer = Mark best fit +

write question # and answer in booklet Essay Questions

7 questions, 3 pts each 1 – 2 paragraphs in booklet

Less written encouragement More mental encouragement

Music Effects the Mind Why do they play music in stores?

Shopper preferences Employee moral

Does this correlate with improved sales? Milliman (1982) Behavioral study

No Music Slow music (60 bpm)

e.g., ‘While my Guitar Gently Weeps’ Fast music (108 bpm)

e.g., Beatles ‘ DV: movement pace + sales

Results: Fast music improves pace Results: Slow music reduces sales

Cow’s Milk Yield (North & MacKenzie, 2001) Fast vs. Slow vs. No Music (12 Hrs/day) Milk yield improves with slow music

                                                                                  

Studying with the Music On(Furnham & Strbac, 2002)

Sound conditions Noise vs. Music vs. Silence

Tasks Reading comp. Prose recall Math

Results No background = best performance in all tasks Noise = worst performance in all tasks Music = difficulties at prose recall/comprehension

Dependent some introvert/extrovert dependence

Which music do you prefer? Rate preference of music (McCrary, 1991)

Ethnicity of listener and performer Subject judges

Ethnicity of performer Enjoyment of music sample

Middle school & College age students Results

White listeners Slight preference to personal ethnicity High enjoyment of both Poor ability to judge ethnicity of performers

Black listeners Strong preference to personal Slight negative reaction to non-Black recordings Accurate ability judging ethnicity of performers

Other factors influencing preference Gender similarity Background similarity (i.e., rural/urban)