Thus, if a musician and nonmusician both identified Jose Gonzalez's “… | Verbal SAT Question

Antonia Olivia Dolan and colleagues had musicians and nonmusicians with clinically average hearing listen to recordings of nature sounds and music in popular genres like acoustic folk and orchestral and adjust the volume to optimize their listening enjoyment. The researchers found that for a given recording that a musician and nonmusician identified as their favorite among those included in the study, optimal volume tended to be higher for the musician than for the nonmusician.

Thus, if a musician and nonmusician both identified Jose Gonzalez’s “Heartbeats” as their favorite recording and the musician preferred to listen to it at a volume of 84.8 decibels, the nonmusician would be expected to __________

not find it enjoyable to listen to any recordings at a volume as low as 84.8 decibels.

prefer listening to other music at 84.8 decibels over listening to “Heartbeats” at that volume.

enjoy listening to the nature sounds at 84.8 decibels more than listening to “Heartbeats” at 84.8 decibels.

find listening to “Heartbeats” at 84.8 decibels less enjoyable than listening to it at a lower volume.