Accounting for Taste

Different taste in music is directly affecting with personality. In the article, the authors make different assumptions that if that person likes certain kinds of music,  he/she would most likely end up having an corresponding behavior or personality. There are some points they suggest are interesting. For example, there is a part about visual effect. "Sensation-seeking people didn't just enjoy the movie more; they actually salivated more, indicating higher levels of alertness and cognitive processing." This is an interesting fact that people who are described to be sensitive does not have to be a negative comment. Sensitive can be said to be more caution and better information or image reception. I think using horror movies to bring the this result is quite surprising. However, there is a debatable part about the linkage between music and personality. They have an interpretation of different music types resulting a specific type of personality. It mentions, "We assume fans of mainstream popular artists are uncreative and conventional, for instance, or that fans of energetic vocal music are gregarious and sociable." The assumption of pop music listeners is not accurate. I don't think that listening to pop music means that it is not original. There are a lot of creative people who love pop music. It seems to be a bias or even discriminated against pop music listeners. As well as for the fans of energetic vocal music, they are not necessary to be upbeat and sociable. If the writers decided to make these assumptions, they should provide more information to support their ideas. Lack of examples and evidence makes this part to be the weakest part of the whole article.