APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY - MUSIC PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards
What’s music psychology
A mix of psychology and music and aims to explain a and understand. Behaviour and experience including the processs of which music is perceived created and responded to into everyday life
Do you have to be a music a to become a music psychologist?
No
What kind of topics is music a part of?
Biology, sociology, music, education, psychology, physics, philosophy
What are the steps music psychology’s do?
- Conduct rrigrous research on specific topics using a very scientific technique
- Place results inot boarde context
- Weave together the disparate threads coming from all different disciplines inot humans experience
What’s music perception and cognition?
How we process rhythm, melody and harmony
Neural mechanism involved in music perception
Emotional responses to music?
Why certain songs make us happy, sad nostalgic
Theories like the breach hypothesis and emotional contagion
Music and the brain
Brain regions involved in music processing
Effects of music on neuroplasticty and group cohesion
Music therapy
Evdicne absed interventions using music to improve mental health
Case studies- autism spectrum disorder , PTSD and dementia
What’s the research methods in music psychology?
Experimental studies - measuring psychological and behavioural responses
Neuroimaging techniques - fmri, eeg
Surveys and self report measures
Observational and ethnographic studies in cultural context
Application of health care to music psychology?
Music therapy for mental health, pain management and neruorehabiliation
Music based activities to facilitate wellbeing
Application of music psychology into education?
Enhancing learning and memory through musical training
Music in classroom ago improve attention and mood
Music psychology application in workplaces and consumer behaviour
Use of music to inflcune productivity and purchasing behaviour
Performance and creativity for music psychology application?
Understanding how musicians achieve peak performances
Strategies to enhance creativity and reduce performance anxiety
What’s the scientific development in music therapy
Introduction of advanced research technology like brain imaging brain waves recordings, kinematic motion mot
Brain areas involved in music are not ecxlsuicve to music
