Ewa Czerniawska

The effect of music on teenagers’ perceived time

The purpose of the experiment was to examine the effect of atmospheric music on time estimations in a group of teenagers. One hundred and fifty students of a Warsaw secondary school took part in the experiment. It turned out that the number of tunes presented to students influenced their time perception. The estimated duration of a given interval was longer when many as opposed to a few songs were played. Moreover, the tempo of background music modified the effect of number of songs on time perception. When fast songs were played number of tunes influenced time estimations more as opposed to the situation when slow music was presented. Other variables had little or no effect on the respondents’ time perception: gender, perceived tempo of music, liking/disliking of songs and the level of disturbance in performing a cognitive task. In the experiment students made retrospective duration judgment. They answered the temporal questions verbally

Relations between Temperament and the Characteristics of Autobiographical Memories

The aim of the study was to examine whether there exists a relationship between temperamental traits and selected characteristics of autobiographical memories. 71 persons twice recalled and rated their holiday memories: in October and three months later. In addition, the participants filled in the Formal Characteristics of Behavior – Temperament Inventory, Revised Version. The results revealed that participants with high emotional reactivity recall few events and their recollections are mostly negative and non-specific. Participants with high activity recall many different events and their recollections contain strong emotions. Participants with high perseveration recall negative events first. The exploration of the relation between temperament and autobiographical memories may help discover mechanisms that contribute to the construction of given narrative schemas through which they may influence individual development.

This work was supported by the Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, from the funds awarded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in the form of a subsidy for the maintenance and development of research potential in 2021 (501-D125-01-1250000 zlec. 5011000212). 

Publikacja finansowana ze środków Wydziału Psychologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego przyznanych przez MNiSW w formie subwencji na utrzymanie i rozwój potencjału badawczego w roku 2021 (501-D125-01-1250000 zlec. 5011000212).