When looking at playlist six, I discovered that all the songs are one theme, falling into the religious music category. Despite my first thoughts that religious music would be nothing more than an old hymn, I realized that the genre was more related to soul or country music. The songs seem positive and engaging. Some might claim that the songs have a deeper meaning that people crave, thus giving them a positive feel. This positive and upbeat theme is proven by several of Peter Rentfrow's and Samuel Gosling's studies. In study two Rentfrow and Gosling proved that “Factor 3 was defined by country, soundtrack, religious, and pop music—genres that emphasize positive emotions and are structurally simple,” (Rentfrow and Gosling…show more content… The song “Move” urges us to keep moving forward and to keep being strong no matter what the circumstances are. The song “Guilty” tells listeners that they should be confident in what they believe. Both of these songs emphasize staying positive and share the common story of never give up and never give in. This pattern allows us to see deeper into a person's personality. Whoever owns and listens to this playlist is probably a confident, happy and resilient person. Not only does the listener have encouraging music to lift them up, but they also have inspiring music to keep them…show more content… According to Rentfrow and Gosling religious and pop genres “emphasize positive emotions and are structurally simple” (Rentfrow and Gosling 1241). Our listener seems to favor structurally simple music that is direct and straight to the point. This seems to support the idea they don't like complexities or listen to music for pure entertainment. Our listener only listens to music to be inspired and in a deeper sense, some might say they listen to religious music to restore their soul. Soul restoring or not, “less cognitively complex individuals tend to prefer simple aesthetic stimuli” (Rentfrow and Gosling 1251). This means our religious music listener is probably not a highly intelligent person, but once again this supports the claim that they don't like
