PrepTest 130, Section 2, Question 26
Passage A In music, a certain complexity of(472 more words not shown)
Passage A(227 more words not shown)
Passage B(253 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(12 more words not shown)
- A"The Biological Underpinnings(3 more words not shown)
- B"The Psychology of(4 more words not shown)
- C"How Music Differs(4 more words not shown)
- D"Cultural Patterns in(4 more words not shown)
- E"How Composers Convey(3 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We need one title that fits both. Our earlier audience question helps sharpen the common thread: both explain how music affects listeners' emotions. That is more accurate than limiting the title to familiarity, continuity, or a middle level of complexity.
Working the answers
- A
A's link between danger and reactions to sound gives this some appeal. But B focuses on expectations and familiarity without tracing them to biological causes. Biology is therefore too narrow for a shared title.
- BCorrect
Both examine listeners' mental and emotional responses to music. A explains the appeal of coherent patterns and the relaxing effect of continuity. B explains responses through expectations, tension, and familiarity. Psychology of listener response comfortably covers both.
- C
Other art forms aren't compared with music. A's language analogy doesn't supply such a comparison for both discussions.
- D
No comparison among cultures is developed. The accounts concern listeners' responses, not cultural differences in those responses.
- E
Composers' methods for conveying meaning aren't the shared focus. Both accounts approach music from the listener's experience.
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