My brother, Nick, and my sister, Calitlyn, enjoy playing instruments. Nick plays the clarinet while Cailtyn plays the flute. They are both in concert band and have lessons outside of school, so they do a lot of practicing. When they both practice at the same time, it becomes distracting and loud and I have a hard time concentrating on homework. When they both started practicing on Friday, I asked them to shut their bedroom doors to block some of the sound because I was trying to read for English. Later on when they went to practice, Nick asked me if I was still working on homework. I wasn't, so he was able to play while keeping the door open. The next day I was working on math, and Caitlyn wanted to practice her instrument. She knew I was working on homework, so she shut the door without me asking her to.
The environment in this experiment was whether or not I was working on homework. The behavoirs in this experiment were were whether or not my siblings would shut their bedroom door. If I wasn't doing homework, they could leave their doors open. If I had homework to do, they would shut their doors. The concequence would be that I would not bother them by asking them to shut their doors. Therefore, I would be able to concentrate on my homework. As a result, they now check to see if I am doing homework before they start practicing.
Kristen Bianchi
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