"jazz, Blues and soul" as a single genre, along with zero Latin or world representation tells me all I need to know about this study's implicit bias.
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Does your musical taste indicate your personality type?
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Not really a perfect match, too many genres for me. But I do really like rap and I’m interested in psych trends. The rap profile is the same as the punk profile was long ago. I find that interesting because everything I actually use in my job as a (very) white collar sales manager I learned from diy punk bands in my teens.
FWIW this article is “Medically reviewed by an LCSW”. Medically reviewed is not a real thing. And the author is a MS rehabilitation specialist, not a scientist. The link paper posted by @swink is a peer reviewed journal publication, there is merit.
FWIW this article is “Medically reviewed by an LCSW”. Medically reviewed is not a real thing. And the author is a MS rehabilitation specialist, not a scientist. The link paper posted by @swink is a peer reviewed journal publication, there is merit.
I like and play multiple genres.
I guess I have mutiple personalities.
Right there with you. And I actually kind of do have multiple personalities.... or at least multiple levels of various personality traits. If I'm in my comfort zone, I'm an extrovert/life of the party kind of guy. Out of my comfort zone, I'm not miserable. I like experiencing new things. But I'll often find a corner and observe for a while before venturing in. Gotta get my bearings.
I'm the same with music. I don't hate styles/genres that aren't my favorite. But I'll often listen to them more intently until I "figure them out".
I'm the type of personality who thinks Myers–Briggs Type Indicator questionnaires are bollocks, AKA bull$h!t, and has a range of music preferences that is very broad.
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Mine doesn't fit me, although apparently I fit their opposite "set-up".
They said (paraphrasing): "people that like this type of music ... but that's not what the study found".
Well, I do fit the "stereotype".
They said (paraphrasing): "people that like this type of music ... but that's not what the study found".
Well, I do fit the "stereotype".
Kind of a poor study since they don't include all genres. They left out funk, progressive and fusion. So, it can't be a true study without including all genres IMHO.
You aren't the only one. After many years of Myers-Briggs being used in assessments of employees, students and anyone else they could force to take the test, it's been pretty much relegated to pseudoscience at best by academics.
What type music tends to have egotistical, self indulgent, negative, argumentative, a lousy attitude, with delusions of grandeur?
Nah, I don't fit that narrative.
To me, the definitions and results are indicative of presumptions and assumptions (read: bias) on part of the so-called "researchers" who designed the study. Some of the categories also show a lack of understanding of the various genres.
To me, the definitions and results are indicative of presumptions and assumptions (read: bias) on part of the so-called "researchers" who designed the study. Some of the categories also show a lack of understanding of the various genres.
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Interesting that Indie is it's own category but they lump rock and heavy metal together? Those seems like very different audiences to me
Yup, the genres that got categorically lumped together are pretty laughable, to say the least.
These studies are the direct result of what happens when you you give taxpayer funded grants to some universities egghead Psych department.
2 million dollars later " scientists " determine sky is blue!!!
What if you listen to 3 or 4 of these genres?...How do we pigeon hole these folks?
Is this meant to help advertisers profile us further for targeting ads based on the music we listen too? Probably.......
2 million dollars later " scientists " determine sky is blue!!!
What if you listen to 3 or 4 of these genres?...How do we pigeon hole these folks?
Is this meant to help advertisers profile us further for targeting ads based on the music we listen too? Probably.......
