Wk 7 - Music Therapy Flashcards
What is music therapy? (x1)
Emerging sub-discipline of psychology that considers how people learn and perform music, and how we perceive and respond to music
What areas of psych does music therapy adopt theories and techniques from? (x6)
Experimental, Cognitive, Neuroscience, Developmental, Educational and Clinical
Who can apply music therapy? (x2)
University trained professional who is registered with the Australian Music Therapy Association Inc.
Registered music therapists draw on an extensive body of research and are bound by a code of ethics that informs their practice
What do studies how as the most common motives for listening to music? (x5)
To change emotions To release emotions To match their current emotion To enjoy or comfort themselves To relieve stress
Music listening is universal across… (x4)
Age groups,
Cultures,
Music genres,
Listener traits
What are the two axes in Russell’s circumplex model of emotion (1980)?
y-axis - arousal
x-axis - pleasure (displeasure on negative side)
Give egs of five emotions that fall in the hi arousal, low pleasure quadrant of Russells’s circumplex model of emotion
Frustrated Annoyed Angry Afraid Alarmed
Give egs of five emotions that fall in the hi arousal, hi pleasure quadrant of Russells’s circumplex model of emotion
Pleased Happy Delighted Astonished Excited
Give egs of five emotions that fall in the low arousal, high pleasure quadrant of Russells’s circumplex model of emotion
Sleepy Relaxed Calm Serene Content
Give egs of four emotions that fall in the low arousal, low pleasure quadrant of Russells’s circumplex model of emotion
Tired
Bored
Depressed
Miserable
Russell asked Ps to rate music on which two scales?
Valence of emotional response - Very unpleasant to very pleasant, 1 to 5
Energy level after hearing - sedated to excited, 1 to 5
What features of music affect their impact on arousal? (x8)
Tempo - even little kids respond to pace Mode - major is happy, minor is less so Genre Timbre - sounds in the instrumentation Familiarity - associations with positive, negative memories Vocal quality Lyrics Expectancy violation - when you think its going in a particular direction, then it doesn't
Juslin et al 2008 conducted an Experience Sampling Method study into music and emotion, involving… (x2)
Which found that… (x2)
32 uni students age 20-31
Reporting music use and emotion at 7 random times/day for 2 wks
Music occured in 37% of samples, was associated more with happiness and nostalgia longing
Non musical episodes associated with anger, irritation, boredom/apathy, anxiety/fear
Juslin et al 2008 Experience Sampling Method study into music and emotion identified what three variables that affected music and emotion?
Musical elements
Individual listener variables
Contextual variables
Wha 8 mechanisms link music with emotional response (in descending order of impact)
Emotional contagion
Brainstem reflex - autonomic aversive response to disliked music
Episodic memory - positive or negative association
Imagery
Conditioning - eg theme song to favourite TV show
Lyrics
Expectancy
Appraisal - cognitive, as happy/sad etc
Dingle et al conducted a study into music and mood involving… (x3)
Online survey of 384 adults in 36 countries - 50% played/sang
9 items on whether respondents use music to explore or to change emotions based on four primary emotions (happy, sad, angry, anxious)
Dingle et al conducted a study into music and mood which found… (x4)
Most people use music to enhance positive mood states (happiness, love, and wellbeing), and to
Change negative states of sadness, anxiety and anger. Less likely to use music to fully experience anger or anxiety
No influence of current mood on music use for emotions
Dingle et al’s Music Affective Response Scale was designed to…(x3)
Finding that… (x1)
Assess sensitivity to music on two axes (positive on y and negative along x),
Under hypothesis that people are on a continuum
(thus more or less suitable for music-based intervention)
High positive and low negative (top left quadrant) are going to respond best to music therapy
What are three mental health characteristics of the 15-25yo demographic?
High risk for mental health problems and psychological distress - peak suicide risk
1 in 4 Australians aged 16- 24 experienced at least one mental disorder in past 12 months - very irregular emotions
Low levels of well-being linked to behavioural and academic problems
Why might music be useful for enhancing the well-being of young people? (x3)
Widely available and affordable, can be listened to almost anytime and anywhere
Highly important and popular among young people (average 17 hours / week)
Linked to health and well-being