Does Taste in Music Reflect Personality? - Test 5

C1 Advanced · Word Formation · C1 Advanced Trainer 2, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning.

FIND

PARTICIPATE

PREFER

IMPRESS

TALK

PREDICT

REGARD

CORRELATE

If you have a strong (0) ___ for uncomplicated, relaxing and acoustic music, the chances are you will be an extrovert. At least, this is what the (17) ___ of research into the links between musical taste and personality suggest. Psychologists conducted worldwide online surveys with over 20,000 voluntary (18) ___ of different ages and backgrounds. Each volunteer completed a standard test that rates the five main components of personality – openness, extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism and conscientiousness – and was asked to state their (19) ___ from a selection of 25 pre-categorised musical excerpts. The surveys showed that open personalities liked dynamic music, but were relatively (20) ___ by slow, mellow music. They also revealed that extroverts, who are very (21) ___ and energetic, tended to like unpretentious music. Perhaps (22) ___ , agreeable people usually rated most music they listened to highly, (23) ___ of genre, while neurotics did the reverse. Conscientiousness was the only trait which revealed no (24) ___ with musical type. So the researchers concluded that if you know someone’s musical taste, you can have a good guess at their personality – and vice-versa.

Does taste in music reflect personality?

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