First impressions of talking rates in opposite-sex and same-sex interactions
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Chris L. Kleinke
Wheaton College
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Margi Lenga Kahn
Wheaton College
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Tracy Beach Tully
Wheaton College
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- Keywords:
- social behavior, social psychology, first, impressions, talking, rates, opposite-sex, same-sex, interactions, domineering, outgoing, selfish, inconsiderate, inattentive, impolite, cold, likeable, attentive, polite, warm, submissive, introverted, unselfish
- Abstract
- Four experiments were conducted in which subjects evaluated people who talked 20, 50 or 80% of the time in opposite-sex or same-sex interactions. Multivariate analysis of results showed that first impressions of talking rate can be understood in terms of a "potency" dimension and a "liking" dimension. People who talked 80% of the time were evaluated as being domineering, outgoing, selfish, inconsiderate, inattentive, impolite, cold, and disliked by the other person. People talking 50% of the time were evaluated as being likeable, attentive, polite, and warm. People talking 20% of the time were evaluated as being submissive, introverted, unselfish and unintelligent. There was no interaction between speaker sex and amount of talking in opposite-sex dyads. Males in same-sex interactions were evaluated as being cold when they spoke 20% of the time and females in same-sex interactions were evaluated as being cold, inattentive, and intelligent when they spoke 80% of the time. Suggestions were given for an attributional study of talking rate.
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- 1979-02-01
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- Volume 7, 1979, Issue 1
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