The development of children's interpretation of emotion in music

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dc.contributor.advisorOxtoby, Richarden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWild, Laurenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-14T08:11:35Z
dc.date.available2015-09-14T08:11:35Z
dc.date.issued1996en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 157-170.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between music and emotion is complex, and has defied explanation for a great many years. The present study addressed one particular aspect of this issue: to what extent can young children interpret the emotions expressed in short musical excerpts drawn from larger works, and how do their interpretations differ from those of adults and change as they mature? Following an appraisal of current theoretical approaches and empirical research, a structural model of emotions incorporating the ideas of fuzzy, prototypically organised emotion concepts based on underlying dimensions of degree of pleasure and arousal or activation (Bullock & Russell, 1984, 1986; Russell, 1989) was used to reveal and interpret patterns and developmental trends in children's understanding of emotion in music. 5-year-old, 7-yearold and 9-year-old children and adults (n = 30 in each age group) participated in the main study. They were asked to link 18 musical excerpts to an emotion word/facial expression pair selected from the following alternatives: calm, happy, excited, scared, angry/cross and sad. These were presented to the subjects in a set of three tasks utilising different combinations of musical excerpts and emotion words.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWild, L. (1996). <i>The development of children's interpretation of emotion in music</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13860en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWild, Lauren. <i>"The development of children's interpretation of emotion in music."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13860en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWild, L. 1996. The development of children's interpretation of emotion in music. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Wild, Lauren AB - The relationship between music and emotion is complex, and has defied explanation for a great many years. The present study addressed one particular aspect of this issue: to what extent can young children interpret the emotions expressed in short musical excerpts drawn from larger works, and how do their interpretations differ from those of adults and change as they mature? Following an appraisal of current theoretical approaches and empirical research, a structural model of emotions incorporating the ideas of fuzzy, prototypically organised emotion concepts based on underlying dimensions of degree of pleasure and arousal or activation (Bullock & Russell, 1984, 1986; Russell, 1989) was used to reveal and interpret patterns and developmental trends in children's understanding of emotion in music. 5-year-old, 7-yearold and 9-year-old children and adults (n = 30 in each age group) participated in the main study. They were asked to link 18 musical excerpts to an emotion word/facial expression pair selected from the following alternatives: calm, happy, excited, scared, angry/cross and sad. These were presented to the subjects in a set of three tasks utilising different combinations of musical excerpts and emotion words. DA - 1996 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1996 T1 - The development of children's interpretation of emotion in music TI - The development of children's interpretation of emotion in music UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13860 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13860
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWild L. The development of children's interpretation of emotion in music. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1996 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13860en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPsychologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe development of children's interpretation of emotion in musicen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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