Methods

The interspecific relationship that I decided to explore was the relationship between myself and my cat. In particular the effects on what would happen when I play with her more and give her more attention. The idea for this experiment came to me during winter break . I spent a lot of time with my cat because she came home with me. We bonded during that time and would not leave my side. Then when I left to go to the UK for four days. When I got back she was very standoffish. So, for my experiment i decided to try and gain more attention from her by playing with her more and giving her more attention. I wanted to see how that would affect how she felt towards me after the fact. Also, I spent some days completely out of the house and saw how she reacted when I came home.