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To examine how specific nonverbal cues displayed during interactions between unacquainted dyads influence third-party social evaluations, and whether these ratings vary by sex.

June 1, 1981Journal of Personality

Nonverbal behaviors and social evaluation1

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To examine how specific nonverbal cues displayed during interactions between unacquainted dyads influence third-party social evaluations, and whether these ratings vary by sex.
Male and female observers watched videotaped interactions of previously unacquainted single-sex dyads and rated a designated target individual.
Nonverbal cues were systematically coded and analyzed alongside social evaluation ratings using multiple regression and canonical correlation analyses.
Evaluation scores correlated positively with most coded nonverbal behaviors, particularly cues directed toward the interaction partner.
A combination of nod rate, short vocal back-channel rate, smile duration, filled pause rate, and gaze duration was sufficient to predict target evaluations across sexes.
Overall target sex produced no main effects, but canonical correlation analysis indicated that observer sex significantly influenced the relative weighting of specific nonverbal behaviors.

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Observational study reveals positive associations between socially oriented nonverbal cues and favorable evaluations, indicating observer sex alters cue weighting.

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Shrout et al. (1981) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a183cf53aabde875b13767b https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1981.tb00732.x

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Observational study reveals positive associations between socially oriented nonverbal cues and favorable evaluations, indicating observer sex alters cue weighting.

Nonverbal behaviors and social evaluation1

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