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Animal Behavior Assignment 1

The document describes an experiment measuring factors that influence door holding behavior. It studies the door holder's sex, distance between holder and recipient, weather, and group size. The raw data from 19 trials is presented. Upon analysis, the summary concludes that none of the measured variables seemed to factor into whether or not the door was held. Both close-by and far-away recipients had doors held, as did individuals and groups, in both warm and cold weather. Overall, most people held doors regardless of outside circumstances.

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Animal Behavior Assignment 1

The document describes an experiment measuring factors that influence door holding behavior. It studies the door holder's sex, distance between holder and recipient, weather, and group size. The raw data from 19 trials is presented. Upon analysis, the summary concludes that none of the measured variables seemed to factor into whether or not the door was held. Both close-by and far-away recipients had doors held, as did individuals and groups, in both warm and cold weather. Overall, most people held doors regardless of outside circumstances.

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Shane Vastano

Door Holding Behavior

2/13/2022

Definition of Door Holding:

Door holding is the act of ensuring that a person behind the door holder does not have

to put full effort into opening the door themselves. This can be done fully (opening the

door wide), partially (holding the door at least halfway), or not at all (letting the person

behind the holder deal with opening the door themselves. A reasonable distance for

door holding to occur would be around ten feet, as this would keep the holder from

having to stand there for more than two or three seconds and go out of their way

entirely to open the door for the person behind them.

Variables Measured:

1. Sex: The sex of the door holder was taken into account in this expeiment. It was

explored whether or not the sex of the holder would infuelce the outcome of the

trial.

2. Distance of person from holdee and door: The distance between the person the

door is being held for and the door holder may also be critical. This distance

could be estimated based on surrounding objects used as markers.

3. Weather: Variables such as temperature and weather could affect a person’s

decision to hold the door for another person. A person in rainy weather may be
more inclined to not hold the door compared to someone in sunny and warm

weather.

4. Group size: The number of people accompanying the door holder could also be a

factor. Whether or not larger groups of people hold doors for others would be an

interesting factor to explore.

Raw Data:

Trial Sex Distance Weather Group Size Door Held?

1 Male 4 ft 40, dark 1 Yes

2 Male 12 ft 40, dark 4 Yes

3 Male 3 ft 40,dark 1 Yes

4 Female 5 ft 40, dark 1 No

5 Male 5 ft 40, dark 1 No

6 Female 10 ft 40, dark 2 Yes

7 Female 6 ft 40, dark 2 Yes

8 Male 7 ft 40, dark 2 Yes

9 Male 3 ft 38, dark 2 Yes

10 Male 3 ft 38, dark 1 Yes

11 Male 9 ft 38, dark 1 No

12 Male 11 ft 38, dark 1 No

13 Male 15 ft 38, dark 5 Yes

14 Female 4 ft 38, dark 7 No

15 Female 5 ft 38, dark 1 Yes

16 Female 4 ft 38, dark 3 No


17 Male 6 ft 38, dark 1 Yes

18 Female 7 ft 38, dark 1 Yes

19 Male 12 ft 38, dark 1 Yes

Summary:

After observing door holding around 11 pm at Wawa, it was concluded that none of the

variables that I chose to observe factored into the results. There were instances where

people farther away from the door still got the door held for them (see trials 2, 13, 19)

and there were even instances when someone relatively close to the door (see trials 4,

5, 14) where the door was not held. Weather remained rather constant throughout the

course of the experiment, so it was a non factor. Group size did not appear to influence

the results either, as there were instances in the experiment where different groups

opened and did not open doors and the same happened for single people. A majority of
people ended up holding the door for another person regardless of other outside

factors.

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