 | Project title: What Distractions Affect Us Most? |
Difficulty level: | Middle school |
Main link: | None |
Hypothesis:
My hypothesis is that the individuals tested will more easily count a group of objects with no noise or distractions than with distractions and that certain types of distractions will affect them more than others.
Materials:
CD player, objects to count.
The Procedure:
I will offer 30 items to count and see how long it takes each of 10 subjects to count the items when I:
1. Play loud Rock Music
2. Play Classical Music
3. Poke them (carefully of course)
4. Say random numbers out loud
5. Pound on the table
I will then test them without any distractions in a quiet room.
Results:
I would expect that the test subjects would be able to count best in the environment with no distractions. Poking them would be the most distracting, followed by saying random numbers out loud, pounding on the table, Rock Music and the least distracting being Classical Music.