Submitted by Matthew Schulkind on Wednesday, 2/18/2009, at 9:57 PM

You and your roommate are studying quietly in your room.  Your roommate asks if you would mind if s/he turned on the stereo and listened to some music while y'all study.  Given what you have read this week (Martin, Wogalter, & Furlano, 1988; Balch & Lewis, 1996), what would your response be?  Would your answer depend on what your roommate wanted to play?  Might you have given a different answer if you had been asked the question prior to this week's readings?