Music Preference 1 - Brent Hugh's personal and business web pages
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Table 17<br />
<strong>Music</strong> <strong>Preference</strong> 71<br />
Interaction of Attitude Towards Information Presentations <strong>and</strong> Strength of <strong>Music</strong> <strong>Preference</strong> in<br />
Group RA<br />
Negative attitude<br />
toward informational<br />
presentations<br />
Strength of music<br />
preference<br />
Result of<br />
negative attitude <strong>and</strong><br />
preference strength<br />
Group RA1<br />
(age 6-20)<br />
Feeling that they<br />
are too long<br />
Group RA2<br />
(age 21-40)<br />
Slight feeling<br />
that they are too<br />
long<br />
Very open Moderately<br />
open<br />
Increase in<br />
preference<br />
ratings<br />
Increase in<br />
preference<br />
ratings<br />
Group RA3<br />
(age 41-60)<br />
Feeling that they<br />
are too long<br />
Group RA4<br />
(age 61-80)<br />
No strong<br />
feeling<br />
Moderately set Very set<br />
Decrease in<br />
preference<br />
ratings<br />
No effect on<br />
preference<br />
ratings<br />
Note. Strength of music preference is based on the aging stability model for group RA. Negative<br />
attitude towards informational presentation is based on the proportion of audience members who<br />
felt informational presentations were too long or too detailed (see Table 16). Combining the<br />
effects of negative attitude <strong>and</strong> preference strength suggests a net effect on preference ratings<br />
similar to that found in Figure 2. RA1 felt that the presentations were too long but, because<br />
music preferences are so malleable at that age, still found the presentations to have a net positive<br />
influence. RA2 had only a slight feeling that the presentations are too long <strong>and</strong>, since music<br />
preferences at this age are still moderately malleable, the presentations had a net positive effect.<br />
RA3 felt that the presentations were too long <strong>and</strong>, since music preferences are quite set at this<br />
age, this negative impression of the presentations became the controlling effect, causing a net<br />
negative effect on preference ratings. RA4 had no strong negative feeling about the presentations<br />
<strong>and</strong>, because their music preferences are strongly set, the net effect on their preference ratings is<br />
negligible. Unfortunately, this explanation of the results is contradicted by the proportion of each<br />
group who indicated that the discussions increased their enjoyment of the concert (see Table 16).
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