Research Memo #2

Research Memo #2

As progress continues to be made on my research, I came across two somewhat contradicting articles. One was called “The effects of censored and uncensored sexually explicit music on sexual attitudes and perceptions of sexual activity”; this information was gathered by the American Psychological Association. The other was called “Implicit and Explicit Consequences of Exposure to Violent and Misogynous Rap Music” by Laurie Rudman and Matthew Lee. These were very interesting articles, and have seriously added to my research.

            The article titled: “The effects of censored and uncensored sexually explicit music on sexual attitudes and perceptions of sexual activity” basically proved through an experiment that listening to sexual music does not affect a student’s sexual activity. The lyrics did not at all have a significant impact on the subject’s attitude towards sexual activity or degrading the opposite sex. This helps prove my theory that violent and explicit music does not affect a student’s grades because it does not change their outlook.

            The second article titled:  “Implicit and Explicit Consequences of Exposure to Violent and Misogynous Rap Music” proved against my theory by proving that listening to violent rap increases a person’s stereotypical views of different races. This might be just more valid because there were two experiments performed. However, this is one’s thoughts, not their actions which leads to one achieving good academic grades.

            Both of these articles are interesting, and are from valid sources. I have learned from both of them and adapted my view of the correlation between music and someone’s feelings, attitudes, actions, and grades.