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Assignment 3: The Mozart Effect
In this assignment, you will read an article about the Mozart effect and identify various parts of the research process. This exercise will help you learn how to read a research article and to understand the research process.
Read the following article:
In your article summary, respond to the following questions:
- State the research hypothesis in your own words. Identify the independent and dependent variables.
- What were some variables the researchers controlled in their study? Why was this necessary?
- What evidence do the researchers offer as a test of their hypothesis? Is this evidence empirical (observable)? Is it valid?
- What explanation do the researchers offer for their findings? Does the evidence justify this explanation?
Read the following article:
Jenkins, J.S. (2001). The Mozart effect. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 94, 170-172.
Based on your readings, respond to the following:
- Do you think there is any merit in the study (Rauscher, Shaw, & Ky, 1993)? Give three reasons for your position.
- Does the study take individual differences in spatial ability into account? Explain your answer.
- What are two ways in which the experiment could be modified to make the results more generalizable?
Write a 5–6-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
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The Mozart Effect
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The Mozart Effect
Introduction
Music has been gaining a lot of support from time to time. In most cases, music is appreciated by
many people across the world from birth. A research carried out by Rauscher et al showed that
music provides only a short-term spatial effects but it's the expectation of many that music study
for the young will provide long-term spatial effects in future. However, the Mozart article reports
the hypothesis that there is a causal relationship between music and spatial task performance.
When the listeners listen to sonata type of Mozart music, they will experience a repetition of the
music which will affect their thinking.
Music and Spatial Task Performance
Researchers (Rauscher, Shaw and KY, 1993) create research hypothesis when they are
speculating about an outcome. In this article about Mozart effect, the researchers formulated the
hypothesis that music which repeats itself will interfere with critical thinking of the listeners
instead of improving it. This interference arises as a result of repetition of the songs sung by the
artists.
The dependent variable is the measure in the experiment and quite often it's affected in the
measurement. From the article, abstract thinking and spatial performance are the dependent
variables. These variables are affected by the music. The abstract thinking is affected by the
repetition of the songs while the spatial performance of the listeners decreases as a result of
repetition. On the other side, independent variables are variables which are co...
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