1) I believe the difference between listening and hearing something is that, when you are hearing something such as someone talking or hearing a song for the first time, the information isn’t being taken in, it’s kind of like a ‘ in one ear out the other’ type of situation, rather the listening, you’re actually paying attention to what the persons saying and being receptive to what’s being said.

2) Schafer and Krukowski believe music and the sound of it is involved in many aspects of life.