INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES OF STUDENTS WITH AN ADDICTIVE TENDENCY TO LISTEN TO MUSIC

Author(s):  
Plokhikh V.V. ◽  
Kadukha O.S.

Purpose. The purpose of the researchis to determine the features of the connection of intellectual abilities with addictive manifestations of passion for listening to music in students. Methods. The subjects were 57 students. In an empirical study, the following methods were used: “The scale of Progressive Matrices” by J. Raven; “Simple analogies”; scale “Sports and music fanaticism” from the method “Tendency to dependent behavior” by V.D. Mendelevich. Passion for listening to music was determined using a research questionnaire. We performed statistical analysis of empirical data using correlation analysis (according to Spearman), the Mann-Whitney criterion u, and the Fisher criterion φ*. Results. Analysis of the results according to the method of V.D. Mendelevich allowed us to identify a problem subgroup with an increased predisposition and a high probability of musical dependence in the group of subjects (22 people). We have found that for the studied group, the highest problems are: the frequency of listening to music at leisure (U = 235,5; p = 0,022); desired expressiveness of the musical rhythm (U = 271,5; p = 0,039); frequency of loss of time perception when listening (U = 237,0; p = 0,012); frequency of listening to works in the rock styles (φ* = 1,73; p = 0,042) and hip-hop (φ* = 1,8; p = 0,036). Manifestations of musical addiction correlate with: the use of music to raise the mood (r = 0,289; p = 0,029); the desired sound volume (r = 0,258; p = 0,053); the frequency of “immersion in yourself” when listening (r = 0,350; p = 0,008). The feedback of musical addiction with indicators of intellectual development in Series A (r = −0,280; p = 0,035) and C (r = −0,370; p = 0,005) methods of J. Raven. We have determined that the use of music for intellectual concentration correlates with the overall indicator of problem-solving, according to J. Raven (r = 0,260; p < 0,051) and with the effectiveness of searching for simple analogies (r = 0,303; p < 0,022). Conclusions. The severity of addictive manifestations among studied students about listening to music is directly related to a decrease in the effectiveness of intellectual functions. Those functions aim at determining the relationships and principles of development of the analyzed structural organization. Music contributes to students’ concentration in intellectual activities, but excessive listening to music for mental concentration contributes to the loss of a person’s sense of reality and conscious control over actions when immersed in a flowing state.Key words: thinking, memory, semantic processing of information, musical style, state of consciousness, passion for listening to music. Мета дослідження – визначення особливостей зв’язку інтелектуальних здібностей з адиктивними проявами щодо захопленості прослуховуванням музики у студентів. Методи. Досліджуваними виступили 57 студентів. В емпіричному дослідженні були використані такі методики: «Шкала прогресивних матриць» Дж. Равена; «Прості аналогії»; шкала «Спортивний та музичний фанатизм» із методики «Схильність до залежної поведінки» В.Д. Менделевича. Захопленість прослуховуванням музики визначалася за допомогою дослідницької анкети. Статистичний аналіз емпіричних даних проводився з використанням кореляційного аналізу (за Спірменом), критерію U Манна – Уітні, критерію φ* Фішера. Результати. Аналіз результатів за методикою В.Д. Менделевича дозволив виокремити у групі досліджуваних проблемну підгрупу з підвищеною схильністю та високою ймовірністю музичної залежності (22 особи). Встановлено, що для досліджуваних проблемної групи вище значення показників: частота прослуховування музики на дозвіллі (U = 235,5; p = 0,022); бажана виразність музичного ритму (U = 271,5; p = 0, 039); частота втрати відчуття плину часу у процесі прослуховування (U = 237,0; p = 0,012); частота прослуховування творів у стилях рок (φ* = 1,73; p = 0,042) і хіп-хоп (φ* = 1,8; p = 0,036). Прояви музичної адикції корелюють із: використанням музики для підняття настрою (r = 0,289; p = 0,029); бажаною гучністю звучання (r = 0,258; p = 0,053); частотою «занурення в себе» під час прослуховування (r = 0,350; p = 0,008). Встановлено зворотний зв’язок музичної адикції з показниками інтелектуального розвитку в серіях А (r = −0,280; p = 0,035) та С (r = −0,370; p = 0,005) методики Дж. Равена. Визначено, що використання музики для інтелектуальної зосере-дженості корелює із загальним показником вирішення завдань за Дж. Равеном (r = 0,260; p < 0,051) та з результативністю пошуку простих аналогій (r = 0,303; p < 0,022). Висновки. Виразність адиктивних проявів у студентів-досліджуваних щодо прослуховування музики прямо пов’язана зі зниженням ефективності інтелектуальних функцій, спрямованих на визначення взаємозв’язків та принципів розбудови аналізованої структурної організації. Музика сприяє зосередженості студентів в інтелектуальній діяльності, але надмірне прослуховування музики для розумової зосередженості сприяє втраті особою відчуття реальності та свідомого контролю над діями під час занурення в потоковий стан.Ключові слова: мислення, пам’ять, смислова переробка інформації, музичний стиль, стан свідомості, захопленість прослуховуванням музики

2021 ◽  
pp. 215-227
Author(s):  
S.V. Leonov ◽  
◽  
A.A. Yakushina ◽  
I.S. Polikanova ◽  
V.A. Klimenko ◽  
...  

The main purpose of our study was to examine the connection between the Internet addiction in junior school children and their intellectual development and cultural congruence. The study involved 92 schoolchildren from Moscow aged from 9 to 10 years. Our hypothesis was that intellectual abilities of schoolchildren would be related to their cultural congruence, as well as to their Internet dependent behavior. The following methods were used to test the hypothesis: Raven Progressive Matrices, the children's version of Personality Factor Questionnaire by R. Cattell, Chen Internet Addiction Scale, Methodology of determining the cultural congruence of a junior school child by Bayanova and co-authors. The results demonstrated that schoolchildren with good intellectual abilities are highly likely to demonstrate high rates of cultural congruence. At the same time, the study found no statistically significant differences in intellectual development between children with propensity to Internet addiction and children with any Internet addiction. At the same time, it identified significant features in behavior of children prone to online addiction. The behavior of such children is often manifested in demonstrating violations of the regulatory situation at school, as well as in displaying non-congruent behavior; in particular, such children are more likely to tell lies, do not listen to teachers, are late for classes, skip classes, and fight. Besides, such students are characterized by more pronounced impulsiveness and motor retardation, aggressive assertion of their position, self-confidence, and leadership qualities. The school environment is characterized by normative rules and procedures, so children are not always able to realize their motives and desires openly. Thus, we can conclude that more impulsive and motorized children, who are also characterized by displaying aggressive behaviors, will be more likely to be characterized by a tendency to Internet dependent behaviors, because it allows them to express their desires and intentions, which often cannot be realized in a strictly regulated school environment. In this way, our research has demonstrated that high intellectual abilities of junior school children are significantly related to their cultural congruence. In addition, their propensity for Internet addiction can be a factor contributing to non-congruent behavior among children aged 9–10 years.


Locke Studies ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 207-211
Author(s):  
Vere Chappell

This is only the third full-scale biography of Locke to be published in the 300 years since his death in 1704. At least two others, however, are said to be in the works: one by Mark Goldie, the other by John Milton, both eminent Locke scholars. It is true that both of these projects are described on their authors’ web sites as ‘intellectual’ biographies, but the range of writings on Locke that both have already published suggests that their focus will be no more limited than Woolhouse’s is in his ‘Biography’. Woolhouse gives full accounts of Locke’s non-intellectual activities and of the social and historical context within which he worked. But he also pays a lot of attention to his subject’s intellectual development and accomplishment.


Popular Music ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Pier

AbstractKadongo kamu is a Ugandan guitar-based genre recognisable by its dense storytelling lyrics in Luganda language. This article offers a close analysis of kadongo kamu musical style, focusing on the interface between speech rhythm and musical rhythm. The style's poetic-musical ‘flow’ to be structurally analysed is interpreted with reference to a historically evolved language ideology which construes Luganda to be exceptionally ‘rich’ and ‘deep’. I show how specific musical techniques are used to foreground aspects of Luganda that speakers prize as elegant and learned. This musical artistry enhances listeners’ impressions of the proverb-rich ‘deep Luganda’ poetry for which kadongo kamu singers are famous.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Валентина Абатурова ◽  
Valentina Abaturova

The article provides examples of open and accessible intellectual events for students, including international, which contribute to the identifi cation and development of intellectual abilities in the study of certain general educational subjects, as well as form an interest in research activities, the desire for knowledge of scientifi c and subject areas


2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
AMANDA SEWELL

AbstractThe Beastie Boys’Paul's Boutique(1989) and Public Enemy'sFear of a Black Planet(1990) often draw comparisons because of their profuse and eclectic use of digital sampling. These two hip hop albums, however, use sampling in markedly different ways, a fact that is obscured because no well-developed language exists to differentiate how and why their sampling styles differ. To account for these differences, this article proposes a typology for sample-based hip hop, a systematic terminological and conceptual approach to this repertory. Using these two classic albums by the Beastie Boys and Public Enemy as case studies, this typology offers a way to describe and distinguish in concrete terms the richly varied musical styles that make up sample-based hip hop.


Author(s):  
М.С. Попов

В статье рассматриваются актуальные проблемы оптимальности применения современных информационно-компьютерных технологий и технических средств обучения на уроках математики в средней школе с целью развития интеллектуальных способностей школьников. Методы исследования – анализ профильной литературы и обобщение прогрессивного педагогического опыта. В результате проведенного исследования определяются часто встречающиеся проблемы применения информационно-компьютерных технологий, заключающиеся в дистанцировании школьников от непосредственной познавательной активности, снижения способностей к адаптивной интеллектуальной деятельности, развития механичности действий. Авторами доказывается значимость выверенного баланса применяемых традиционных педагогических методов и современных решений; приводятся конкретизированные методические рекомендации, способствующие стимулированию интереса и интеллектуальной активности школьников на уроках математики. Предлагается широко вводить в практику обучения математике такие педагогические средства стимулирования интеллектуальной активности школьников, как разбор неправильных процедурных действий, применение заданий на индуктивную логику, проблематизация заданий, привязка заданий к практике. The article deals with the current problems of optimal application of modern information and computer technologies and technical means of teaching mathematics in high school in order to develop the intellectual abilities of students. The methods of research are analysis of specialized literature and generalization of progressive pedagogical experience. As a result of the conducted research, the frequently encountered problems of using information and computer technologies are identified, which consist in distancing students from direct cognitive activity, reducing the ability to adaptive intellectual activity, and developing mechanical actions. The authors prove the importance of a substantiated balance of traditional pedagogical methods and modern solutions, and provide specific methodological recommendations that help stimulate the interest and intellectual activity of students in mathematics lessons. It is proposed to widely introduce into the practice of teaching mathematics such pedagogical means of stimulating the intellectual activity of school-children as the analysis of incorrect procedural actions, the implementation of tasks for inductive logic, problematization of tasks, linking tasks to practice.


Author(s):  
Maxim V. Starcev ◽  
Vladimir V. Khlebnikov ◽  
Magomed A. Dzhabrailov

We consider the issues on the causes of the decline in the intellectual abilities of modern youth. We describe the correlation of this phenomenon with the wide-spreading and starting from an early age use of various kinds of digital devices. We briefly note the origin history of the term “digital dementia” and the author's position regarding this term perception. We describe a number of factors that contribute to the decline in the intellectual development of young people, including: a decrease in the quality of secondary education, deterioration of preschool training of children, simplification of animation and film production, reduction of communication time between parents and children, lack of funds for parents to organize high-quality regular leisure time for children. Negative effects on the intellectual abilities of a young person are described: digital devices can form only a fragmentary idea of reality, without forming a complete idea of a real object; a full-fledged experience of social interaction is not acquired; memory deterioration occurs; there is an appearance of mental dependence on digital devices. Examples from the author's pedagogical practice are given, confirming the manifestation of the effects of “digital dementia” among students: memory impairment in students, undeveloped critical thinking, poorly developed speech (terminologically poor, inconsistent, unsubstantiated), demonstration of misunderstanding of the meaning of the heard or read text.


Author(s):  
Helena Ifill

Braddon depicts education as a means of cultivating character in her largely overlooked novel Lost for Love. The novel’s heroines, Flora Chamney and Louisa Gurner, find happiness because of their intellectual abilities, and end up marrying men who are responsible for their intellectual development, providing a sort of unofficial higher education. Braddon shows that women are capable of rigorous intellectual pursuits, and that this will make them attractive, interesting and useful companions to men. By emphasising woman’s role as helpmate to man, Braddon places a conservative sheen over a potentially radical depiction of female ability, and in doing so makes several inferences regarding both biological and social determinism in relation to women. On the one hand, Braddon presents women as having vast inherent intellectual potential which requires education to fulfil its promise. However, she also acknowledges that in Victorian patriarchal society it is men who are responsible for women’s development and implies that if men are going to rule society they must think more carefully about the women they want to cultivate as future wives and mothers. In this way Braddon’s addressing of the Woman Question, and her depiction of companionate marriage are grounded on her beliefs regarding character formation.


Popular Music ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Fairley

In this Middle Eight using ethnographic observation and interviews made in Cuba in May–July 2005 and March–April 2006 I problematise the new Latina/o dance music ‘reggaetón’ which in the USA is being heralded as ‘‘an expression of pan-Latino identity … the latest Latin musical style to sweep the world … the one with the most promise of finding a permanent, prominent place not just in US but in global popular culture …” (Marshall, 2006). Notably along with hip-hop with which it is now related in Cuban cultural politics, this is the first pan-Latin style of non-Cuban origin to have a strong presence in post-‘Special period’ 1990s revolutionary Cuba. I focus on the significance and possible history of the dance moves and the lyrics of two key songs, discussing possible political double meanings and implications within a Cuban context. While focusing particularly on issues of regeton in Cuba, I place regeton in Cuba in the larger context of reggaetón history in the Latin world and of Latin dance history and discuss it within the constant construction of an appropriate Cuban national identity. I pose open questions about gender, sexuality and generational attitudes. The overall theoretical context falls within the context of Järviluoma et al's work on ‘gender as cultural construction’ (2003). It builds on work on gender and dance which forms a small part of Fairley (2004).


Popular Music ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Middleton ◽  
Roger Beebe

This paper explores some forms of rock/rap hybridity and a historically related shift toward a greater eclecticism in consumption practices in popular music in the United States in the late 1990s, a period marked by the decline of rock as the dominant mode of popular music. This decline has repercussions not simply for a musical style, but additionally for the privileged subjects who are both the producers and consumers of that music: predominantly white, middle-class males. A number of different strategies have emerged which attempt to develop new positions for these white suburbanites to occupy in the contemporary music-cultural terrain in order to re-assert their hegemony as both producers and consumers. On the producers' side, the most common strategy has been to develop hybrid forms which combine rock with styles of its musical competitors – most notably, of hip hop music and culture. On the consumer side, the response has been the emergence of a ‘neo-eclectic’ form of listening where a number of formerly disparate or even hostile musical forms are consumed by a single (white suburban) individual.


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