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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: mankie on June 07, 2003, 01:31:00 pm
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Music Preferences Linked to Personality: Study
Fri Jun 6, 4:38 PM ET
By Natalie Engler
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The music you listen to may say more about you than you think, according to new research findings that suggest that our choice in music reflects our personalities.
Do you enjoy blues, jazz, classical and folk music? You may be intelligent, tolerant and politically liberal, researchers report.
Meanwhile, country and religious music fans tend to be cheerful, outgoing, reliable and conventional, while alternative and heavy metal music lovers tend to be physically active, curious risk-takers.
As for rap/hip-hop and dance music fans? They are often outgoing, agreeable people who generally eschew conservative ideals, according to a report in the June issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (news - web sites).
The findings help explain why people who meet at parties often ask one another about their favorite music or bands, study author Dr. Peter J. Rentfrow told Reuters Health. "It assumes that knowing the answer tells you something about who they are" and whether or not to pursue a relationship, added Rentfrow, a psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin.
The results, noted Rentfrow, could have implications for not just dating and friendships, but for marketing, too. Already advertisers use music to entice certain types of people to buy their products.
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I'd love to hear their analysis of this board. :D
Sadly, the researches would probably lump all Brit Rock, MTV Nu-Metal, Grunge, Emo, Screamo, Shoegazer, and other very general Modern Rock and Indie types all into the same category.
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Hmm, they kind of left me out. What do you think they'd say about indie/power pop fans with a background in american jangle pop and british alternative rock??
'Cuz that outdoor risk-taking alternative music listener is not me!
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How about surf/lounge ?
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I wonder how much money they spent to conclude what everybody already knows: you can tell something about somebody's personality based on what kind of music they listen to! Gasp! Revelation! Boy, I sure wish I knew that before I invited all those Christian Rock fans to my coke orgy!
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Originally posted by SueAndNotU:
Boy, I sure wish I knew that before I invited all those Christian Rock fans to my coke orgy!
diet or regular???