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To examine the specific nonverbal reactions and attitudinal shifts of heterosexual individuals interacting face-to-face with a perceived homosexual or heterosexual interviewer.

March 1, 1982Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Perceived Homosexuality

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RCRandall G. CuenotUniversity of Akron SFStephen S. FugitaUniversity of Akron

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Factorial experiment finds faster speech and conservative shifts in sexual attitudes among heterosexuals facing perceived homosexuals, suggesting subtle defensive avoidance mechanisms.

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To examine the specific nonverbal reactions and attitudinal shifts of heterosexual individuals interacting face-to-face with a perceived homosexual or heterosexual interviewer.
Implemented a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial experimental design manipulating perceived homosexuality, participant sex, and interviewer sex during real-time interpersonal interactions.
Measured nonverbal behaviors (speech rate and visual interaction patterns) and compared private baseline attitudes to public attitudes regarding homosexuality and general sexual behavior.
Visual interaction patterns were comparable between interactions with homosexual and heterosexual interviewers, but participants exhibited a significantly accelerated speech rate when speaking to a perceived homosexual.
Publicly stated attitudes toward homosexuality remained unchanged relative to private expressions, but participants expressed more conservative general sexual attitudes to homosexual interviewers and more liberal attitudes to heterosexual interviewers.
Avoidance responses were significantly greater when participants interacted with same-sex perceived homosexual interviewers compared with opposite-sex homosexual interviewers.

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Cuenot et al. (1982) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1ea996544bdf605faf23fd https://doi.org/10.1177/014616728281016

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Factorial experiment finds faster speech and conservative shifts in sexual attitudes among heterosexuals facing perceived homosexuals, suggesting subtle defensive avoidance mechanisms.

Perceived Homosexuality

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Perceived Homosexuality

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