The Slave's Dream

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Methodology
Participants
The participants were 24 volunteers who were graduate students ranging in the age between 18 to 65 years. There were 4 men and 20 women from Research Methods in Psychology I and II courses at Southern New Hampshire University. The participants did not receive compensation for their participation. Informed consent was obtained prior the study took place.
Materials
We presented a short story to read: The slave’s dream, by Jorge Bucay (appendix), and four background conditions: Vivaldi's "Spring" concerto, for participants listening classical music (CM), “Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love” by Van Halen, for those listening rock music (RM), “Intense” by Armin van Buuren for those listening techno music (TM), and no music (NM) …show more content…
The study consisted of two phases: reading of a short story with background music, and then answering a questionnaire. The participants read a short story (The slave’s dream) while having the assigned background. The participants played the music at a volume of their liking. After reading the passage, the music was turned off; participants answered the questionnaire …show more content…
The second part of the survey consisted of 11 questions related to volume of music while reading, mood state, concentration, and attention while reading the passage. Questions in the second part of the questionnaire were multiple choices.
Results
Questions 8-17 (See Appendix) on the second part of the survey had a numerical value: Strongly Agree (5) Agree (4), Neutral (3), Disagree (2), and Strongly Disagree (1). To conduct hypothesis testing we considered questions 8, 10, and 12 of the questionnaire (See Appendix). We believe that the ease of reading the passage, the mood changed, and focus while reading under the conditions exposed they were key variables related to study environment. Data from the surveys were then observed and placed into table format for comprehension. The main effect of gender was not significant on reading easiness, F (1,22) = 1.76, p=.20. The main effect of gender was not significant on positive mood, F (1,22) = .917, p=.35. The main effect of gender was not significant on focus while reading, F (1,22) = 2.53,
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