Abstract:
This study is about "The Relationship Between Personality
Type and Music Preference. Three variables were used;
mainly personality type as the independent variable, music
preference as the dependent variable, and peer influence
being the extraneous variable. Personality type is classified
into introvert and extrovert, while music preference is
classified into soft and loud. The null hypothesis states that
there is no significant difference between introverts and
extroverts in terms of music preference. The alternative
hypothesis, on the other hand, states that there is a
significant difference between introverts and extroverts m
terms of music preference. The research design used is
descriptive. The study population is composed of all fourth
year Behavioral Studies majors with student numbers
beginning in ninety four (94), enrolled during the second
semester 1997-1998. Using chi square, results showed that
forty five percent (45%) are introverts and fifty five percent
(55%) are extroverts. Among the introverts, sixty seven
percent (67%) preferred soft music and thirty three percent
(33%) preferred loud music. Among the extroverts, seventy
three percent (73%) preferred loud music and twenty seven
percent (27%) preferred soft music. Among the introverts,
twenty eight percent (28%) are susceptible to peer influence
and seventy two percent (72%) are not. Among the
extroverts, forty five percent (45%) are susceptible to peer
influence and fifty five percent (55%) are not. With the chi
square obtained value of 6.22 greater than the chi square
critical value of 3.841 (at level of significance equal to 0.05),
the following conclusions are made: 1. extroverts
outnumber introverts in the study population; 2. there is a
significant difference between introverts and extroverts in
terms of music preference; and 3. introverts and extroverts
are both independent of peer influence.
