Country Music

In my research for my 15-20 page paper (on improvisation in middle school band and orchestra), I came across this paragraph:

"Disguised as a study on video dating, Zillmann and Bhatia (1989) exposed students of the opposite gender to tapes that showed male or female models who introduced themselves and then, among other things, confessed to love either classical, country, soft rock, or heavy metal music. In a control condition, no mention was made of a musical preference. Preference confession was found to exert considerable influence on the perception of the models. In the eyes of men, women who confessed to love classical music became more sophisticated, those who confessed to love heavy metal less so. In the eyes of women, men confessing to love classical music or heavy metal neither gained nor lost sophistication. They became less sophisticated, however, when confessing to love country music. Romantic attraction to the models was also influenced by the exhibition of musical taste. Allegiance with country music proved detrimental to the appeal of both men and women." (173-174, The Social Psychology of Music)


I rest my case.