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Aim:
To investigate how music can
affect the concentration of the
teenage brain
Hypothesis:
That music with a heavy beat
decreases the rate of your
concentration while music with a mellower beat will allow your mind to relax, allowing you to concentrate more.
Variables:
The controlled variables are for my experiments are:
- The time to memorise the words
- The time to write down the words
- The amount of people
- The amount of words on the list
The Independent Variables are for my experiments are:
- Different musical genre
- 5 sets of list (for each genre), with words on them
The Depended Variables for my experiments are:
- The number of words a tested individual can remember
Apparatus
- Timer
- 4 Different genres of music (Classical, Metal (rock), R&B, Country)
- 4 sets of lists of words (round 1 without music)
- 4 sets of lists of words ( round 2,3,4,5 with music)
- 4 Pencils
- 4 Papers
- 4 Headphones
Safety
- If the volume of the music is louder than normal, it might cause some damage too the ear, so i must ensure that the volume of the music is comfortable enough to hear for the individual.
Method
- Gather 4 people and isolate them from one another.
- Give each person the same list of words, and headphones
- Allow them to have 2 minutes to memorise those words without music
- When the time is up, collect the list of words
- Give them a pen and a blank of piece of paper that is folded in half.
- Give them one minutes to write down the words that they have memorised on a blank paper.
- Then allocate each person a specific genre to listen to.
- Give them the list of words for the specific genre.
- Repeat step 3, while listening to their allocated genre.
- Repeat step 4.
- Turn the music off and give them 1 minute to write down the words that they have memorised.
