2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

MUSI2923 The Psychology of Listening and Performance

20 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Dr Luke Windsor
Email: w.l.windsor@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2008/09

Pre-requisite qualifications

Pass in MUSI1911 or MUSI1912.

Pre-requisites

MUSI1911	Introduction to the Psychology of Music A
MUSI1912	Introduction to the Psychology of Music B

Module replaces

MUSI2911 and MUSI2912

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

The skills involved in making and appreciating music are varied and complex. This module seeks to help you to approach these skills in terms of psychological approaches to listening and performing music as they are expressed in infants, children and adults. You will be encouraged to take a longitudinal approach to the study of music psychology, tracing these skills from before birth into old age, and to integrate research from different branches of adult and developmental psychology.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:

- describe the psychological processes thought to be involved in perceiving, recalling and memorising pitch, tonality, rhythm, and timbre;
- give an account of the psychological processes thought to contribute to the ability to perform music;
- describe the psychological factors which affect the development of these musical skills;
- summarise and discuss overall conceptual and methodological issues in the psychology of listening and performance;
- relate these to general theories in cognitive, developmental and social psychology;
- evaluate complementary or competing theories in the light of empirical evidence;
- locate, summarise and review existing primary source material in peer-review journals;
- develop the skills for evaluating online resources; and
- demonstrate these outcomes in written form.

Skills outcomes
Library and database navigation
Summarisation of written material
Synthesis of existing knowledge
Critical evaluation of research
Library and database navigation
Summarisation of written material
Synthesis of existing knowledge
Critical evaluation of research

Syllabus

The lectures will aim to provide students with basic knowledge regarding the key issues in music psychology and a conceptual framework within which to contextualise their own independent study. Areas of particular focus will include:

- prenatal audition and the newborn;
- infant auditory perception and vocalisation;
- early perceptual and motor skills;
- becoming a musician;
- developing skilled musicianship;
- schemata and attention in listening;
- perception, categorisation and representation of musical structures; and
- emotion and meaning in music.

In addition, seminars and tutor-led discussion will be used to interrogate more global issues raised in the lectures.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	20	1.00	20.00
Private study hours			180.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

General reading (60 hours)
Literature-based preparation tasks (30 hours)
Database searching (10 hours)
Preparation for coursework assessments (80 hours)

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Contribution to lecture-seminars

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	1000 words (evaluative) - semester 1	25.00
Essay	3000 words (argumentative) - semester 2	75.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 10/03/2009

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