Hobbs Dawn R, Gallup Gordon G
Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA.
Evol Psychol. 2011 Sep 12;9(3):390-416. doi: 10.1177/147470491100900309.
Research shows that sensational news stories as well as popular romance novels often feature themes related to important topics in evolutionary psychology. In the first of four studies described in this paper we examined the song lyrics from three Billboard charts: Country, Pop, and R&B. A content analysis of the lyrics revealed 18 reproductive themes that read like an outline for a course in evolutionary psychology. Approximately 92% of the 174 songs that made it into the Top Ten in 2009 contained one or more reproductive messages, with an average of 10.49 reproductive phrases per song. Although differences in the frequency of different themes between charts were found, further analyses showed that the most popular/bestselling songs contained significantly more reproductive messages. An analysis of the lyrics of opera arias and art songs also revealed evidence for many of the same embedded reproductive messages extending back more than 400 years.
研究表明，耸人听闻的新闻报道以及通俗言情小说常常呈现出与进化心理学重要主题相关的内容。在本文所述的四项研究中的第一项里，我们考察了公告牌（Billboard）的三个排行榜：乡村音乐榜、流行音乐榜和节奏布鲁斯音乐榜的歌曲歌词。对这些歌词的内容分析揭示了18个生殖主题，这些主题读起来就像是进化心理学课程的大纲。2009年进入前十的174首歌曲中，约92%包含一条或多条生殖相关信息，每首歌曲平均有10.49个生殖相关短语。尽管发现了不同排行榜之间不同主题出现频率的差异，但进一步分析表明，最受欢迎/最畅销的歌曲包含的生殖相关信息显著更多。对歌剧咏叹调和艺术歌曲歌词的分析也揭示了许多相同的内在生殖相关信息的证据，这些证据可以追溯到400多年前。
