RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUSIC PREFERENCES AND PERSONALITY AMONG THE UNDER GRADUATE STUDENTS :

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All humans in all cultures are exposed to music and potentially possess the innate ability to understand and respond to music. Not only is music universally omnipresent, but in this modern day music is so pervasive it is unavoidable. The voluntary access of iPods and speaker systems has made music potentially ubiquitous to the individual. Current research finds the average person to listens to music 14% of the day. Something so maintained and pervasive throughout human history as music, which continues to play role in current everyday life, deserves to be thoroughly investigated. Particularly, this is because it offers a route to understanding the psychology of the individual. Or one approach to the study of music is through the investigation of personality and music preference. This study has been conducted because earlier researches has examined music from many different angles; there is a lack of literature addressing the influence of personality on music listening preferences. Because of the omnipresence of music, the amount of time and money spent consuming music, and its role in communicating one’s personal image, it deserves to be well studied in conjunction with personality and individual preferences. The goal of this study to elaborate upon the current body of personality and music genres by identifying the personality correlates with music genre. According to the earlier researches on the Relationship between Music preferences and personality, open minded people prefer reflective and complex Music or intense and rebellious music, whereas they dislike upbeat and conventional types of Music. Extraverts, on the other hand prefer upbeat and conventional and energetic and rhythmic types of music. The results reveal some gender differences.

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