Observation: Non Verbal Communication

For my observation, I have decided to observe the amount of time my siblings socialize, and use electronics at home. The setting will take place at my house. I will mostly be observing in the living room, because that is where my siblings usually hang out. I will be observing my two brothers, one who's eleven years old, and the other who's fifteen years old. I chose this simple observation because I see my brothers everyday, so I think it is going to be easy. I also chose this observation specifically because nowadays, siblings do not really communicate with eachother as much as before. My observation will help me find out if the reason there is less communication between siblings is caused by the amount of time spent on electronics or not.

I believe the nature of this interaction would be non verbal communication since there was almost no communication in my observation. They were using their phones and laptop the entire time. They haven't talked at all for about twenty minutes. I tried to make a conversation, but one of them ignored me, and the other just replied with a one word answer. Half an hour goes by and they are still in the same seat. Another hour passes by and all they said was "pass me the tissue box" and "turn on the AC it's too hot". They both looked relaxed the entire time until I told them to stop using their phones and actually start talking to eachother. I believe that this observation can be based on Chapter 3 through the role of nurture. The role of nurture is a theory in which people's behaviors are learned. I think that they learned that behavior through the setting which also affects their socialization. It could be from their friends or even from school. Or maybe their age is linked with the fact that they are not communicating. Since they are both young, their age could be the reason they are not socializing and are constantly using their phones. I think the only problems and difficulties that I faced during the observation is that there was barely anything to take notes on, since they are not doing anything just sitting and using their