Associative musical typology

Abstract

Associative musical typology is aimed at deepening our knowledge about the psychology of personality and psycho-diagnostics from the perspective of associative socionics. According to the Butterfly Model of the psyche, the preferences in music and colour are not entirely random or influenced by culture but are linked with the personality typology. Personality type is inborn and does not change through an individual's lifetime. It is tied up with the psycho-physiological make-up and the core of a person’s identity. The individual preferences in music were studied between the four groups of personality types (Ego-, Id-, Superego-, Superid-types) from the perspective of the differences in the type of psychic energy we carry within us. In the article you will find the psychological profiles of music (Ego-, Id-, Superego-, Superid- music) which should be considered as a guideline only for the individual preferences in music for each of the four personality types.