#7- One hundred people listened to a single musical

[ChicaRosa]

I'm having a hard time understanding what the last sentence

These results support the hypothesis that people prefer music they have heard on an earlier occasion to music they are hearing for the first time

means because it sounds like a contradiction. I mean if the song that you heard a song on an earlier occasion wouldn't it mean that you heard for the first time? In the stimulus it seems like the more often a song is played the chances of liking it is higher.

Thank You!

[Emily Haney-Caron]

Hi ChicaRosa,

That last sentence could be re-phrased as, "These results support the hypothesis that, on the present occasion, people prefer music they have also heard on an earlier occasion to music they are hearing for the first time on the present occasion."

My sentence and the sentence in the stimulus mean the same thing. Does that help at all?

[ChicaRosa]

Hi ChicaRosa,

That last sentence could be re-phrased as, "These results support the hypothesis that, on the present occasion, people prefer music they have also heard on an earlier occasion to music they are hearing for the first time on the present occasion."

My sentence and the sentence in the stimulus mean the same thing. Does that help at all?

Hello again!

Yup your explanation is helpful