Method
Participants
Participants will be 90 undergraduate students from a Northeastern university. There will be 45 men and 45 women, between the 18-25 years of age. The experimenter will ask students on the university campus if they would participate in a study on music preferences. The participants will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions involving different aspects of prosocial music. There will be 30 participants in each condition.
Materials
The song Help! by the Beatles will be used. The song will be experimentally manipulated to create two different versions: one with just the lyrics, and another with just the music. The original version of the song will also be used. A modified version of the Music Preference Scale will …show more content…
The three conditions are prosocial music, prosocial lyrics, and the combination of prosocial music and lyrics. Each participant will be given an information letter that explains the study. Each participant will enter the laboratory individually and will be asked to complete a questionnaire on music preferences using a variation of the Music Preference Scale (Litle & Zuckerman, 1986). The experimenter will leave the room and the participants will listen to their assigned condition of the prosocial song. The participants will be given $5.00 for participating. They will be told that donations for a non-profit charity organization are being collected and will be asked if they would like to donate their $5.00. The experimenter will show the participants a donation jar. The experimenter will leave the room for 2 minutes. The participants will then be debriefed and informed of the true purpose of the study. They will also be thanked for participating. The money will be donated to the non-profit charity organization (Greitemeyer, …show more content…
(2011). Exposure to music with prosocial lyrics reduces aggression: First evidence and test of the underlying mechanism. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 28-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.08.005
Jacob, C., Guégen,, N., & Boulbry, G. (2010). Effects of songs with prosocial lyrics on tipping behavior in a restaurant. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 29, 761-763. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2010.03.004
Leung, A. & Kier, C. (2010). Music preferences and young people’s attitudes towards spending and saving. Journal of Youth Studies, 13, 681-698. doi: 10.1080/13676261003801788
Litle, P., & Zuckerman, M. (1986). Sensation seeking and music preferences. Personality and Individual Differences, 7, 575-577. doi: 10.1016/0191-8869(86)90136-4
Pieschl, S. & Fegers, S. (2015). Violent lyrics = Aggressive listeners? Effect of song lyrics and tempo on cognition, affect, and self-reported arousal. Journal of Media Psychology, 1-10. doi: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000144
Polzella, D. J. & Forbis, J. S. (2014). Relationships between traditional music audience participation and pro-social behaviors. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 32, 109-120. doi: 10.2190/EM.32.1g
Ziv, N. (2015). Music and compliance: Can good music make us do bad things? Psychology of Music, 1-14. doi:
Participants
Participants will be 90 undergraduate students from a Northeastern university. There will be 45 men and 45 women, between the 18-25 years of age. The experimenter will ask students on the university campus if they would participate in a study on music preferences. The participants will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions involving different aspects of prosocial music. There will be 30 participants in each condition.
Materials
The song Help! by the Beatles will be used. The song will be experimentally manipulated to create two different versions: one with just the lyrics, and another with just the music. The original version of the song will also be used. A modified version of the Music Preference Scale will …show more content…
The three conditions are prosocial music, prosocial lyrics, and the combination of prosocial music and lyrics. Each participant will be given an information letter that explains the study. Each participant will enter the laboratory individually and will be asked to complete a questionnaire on music preferences using a variation of the Music Preference Scale (Litle & Zuckerman, 1986). The experimenter will leave the room and the participants will listen to their assigned condition of the prosocial song. The participants will be given $5.00 for participating. They will be told that donations for a non-profit charity organization are being collected and will be asked if they would like to donate their $5.00. The experimenter will show the participants a donation jar. The experimenter will leave the room for 2 minutes. The participants will then be debriefed and informed of the true purpose of the study. They will also be thanked for participating. The money will be donated to the non-profit charity organization (Greitemeyer, …show more content…
(2011). Exposure to music with prosocial lyrics reduces aggression: First evidence and test of the underlying mechanism. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 28-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.08.005
Jacob, C., Guégen,, N., & Boulbry, G. (2010). Effects of songs with prosocial lyrics on tipping behavior in a restaurant. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 29, 761-763. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2010.03.004
Leung, A. & Kier, C. (2010). Music preferences and young people’s attitudes towards spending and saving. Journal of Youth Studies, 13, 681-698. doi: 10.1080/13676261003801788
Litle, P., & Zuckerman, M. (1986). Sensation seeking and music preferences. Personality and Individual Differences, 7, 575-577. doi: 10.1016/0191-8869(86)90136-4
Pieschl, S. & Fegers, S. (2015). Violent lyrics = Aggressive listeners? Effect of song lyrics and tempo on cognition, affect, and self-reported arousal. Journal of Media Psychology, 1-10. doi: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000144
Polzella, D. J. & Forbis, J. S. (2014). Relationships between traditional music audience participation and pro-social behaviors. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 32, 109-120. doi: 10.2190/EM.32.1g
Ziv, N. (2015). Music and compliance: Can good music make us do bad things? Psychology of Music, 1-14. doi: