Abstract

This paper examined whether or not classical music has a positive or negative effect when it comes to studying school related material. College students were able to sign-up through the Linden Participant Pool. The study used convenience samples to select the participants of this study and given two tests to collect the data: one with music and one without music, and it was a within-participants study. The hypothesis was to detect whether or not classical music is beneficial to a student while comprehending school related material. The participants were also administered a demographic survey, two informed consents, a printed receipt, and a feedback letter. The hypothesis was supported and the data showed significance between the two variables after running a t-test through SPSS. While researching this subject I also found that this genre of music is helpful to many other things such as premature babies and the hearing impaired. Classical music is a genre that may need to be recognized more for its ability to improve things throughout our daily lives.

Recommended Citation

Kiely, Bridget (2013) "Effect of Classical Music on College Students," Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal: Vol. 1: Iss. 15, Article 4.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/psych_journals/vol1/iss15/4