A reaserch which shows how music affects the minds of student while studying.

1. Research Proposal
Represented by:
Sitwat Jaffar 2183-FBAS-BSSE-F13(b)
F13(b)
Huda Mughal 2204-FBAS-BSSE-F13(b)
F13(b)

2. International Islamic University,
Islamabad
The Effect of Music on
Concentration while Studying:
A Case Study of the Female Students of BSSE

3. Table of Contents
Abstract
Introduction
Statements of the Problem
Significance
Hypothesis
Literature Review
Methodology
Results and Discussion
Conclusion
Bibliography

4. Abstract
 How much music is involved in our lives
 Effects of listening music
◦ Concentration
 Conducting research
 Different types of music
 Methodology
◦ Questionnaires
◦ Experiment
 Our expectations

5. Introduction
 Why people listen to music
 Affects on body
◦ Daunow, 1977
 Youngster’s behavior over music
 Music changes mood
 Student’s behavior while listening music

6. Significance
 Music generally considered helpful
 University students
 What will the research do?
◦ Distracting or not?
◦ Type of music students should listen to

7. Statement of Problem
Is Music really Helpful to students?
Or will it have adverse or harmful results?

8. Hypothesis
 Is concentration affected
◦ with Music?
◦ without Music?
 What type of Music
◦ Classical
◦ Pop
◦ Loud Volume
◦ Low Volume

9. Literature Review
 “The Impact of Listening to Music on Cognitive
Performance”
◦ Arielle S. Dolegui
◦ Volume and different genres
◦ 32 students of University of Maryland, Baltimore
County (UMBC)
◦ Methodology: 20 arithmetic problems
◦ Using no music, soft and loud music at low volume
and high volume
◦ Results

10. Literature Review Contd…
 “Differential effects of stimulative and
sedative music anxiety, concentration, and
performance”
◦ Smith and Morris
◦ Sedative and stimulative music
◦ Repeat numbers backwards
◦ Using no music, sedative music, and stimulative music
◦ Results

11. Literature Review Contd…
 "Can preference for background music
mediate the irrelevant sound effect?”
◦ Perham & Vizard
◦ Ability to complete serial recall test
◦ Silence, "steady state" speech, "changing state"
speech, liked music, disliked music.
◦ Results

12. Methodology
 Targeted Population
◦ Ages (19-23)
 Methods of Data Collection
◦ Questionnaires
◦ An Experiment
 Separation as three groups
◦ 20 each
 Analysis:
◦ Time
◦ Scores

13. Results and Discussion
 Previous research results
◦ No music
◦ Classical music
◦ Pop music

14. Conclusion
 Causes of music
 Comparison of music and no music
 No music is better

15. Bibliography
 Dolegui, A. S. (2013). "The Impact of Listening to Music
on Cognitive Performance." Student Pulse, 5(09).
Retrieved from http://www.studentpulse.com/a?id=762
 Smith, C.A., & Morris, L. W. (1977). Differential effects of
stimulative and sedative music anxiety, concentration,
and performance. Psychological Reports, 41, 1047-
1053.
 Perham, N. and Vizard, J. (2011), Can preference for
background music mediate the irrelevant sound effect?.
Appl. Cognit. Psychol., 25: 625–631
 Useful Links
◦ http://www.neilslade.com/music/question.html

16. Thank You
Allah Hafiz