INFERENCE OF ATTITUDES FROM THE POSTURE, ORIENTATION, AND DISTANCE OF A COMMUNICATOR

EXPLORED THE RELATIONSHIP OF POSTURE, ORIENTATION, AND DISTANCE OF A COMMUNICATOR TO AN ADDRESSEE TO ATTITUDES AND STATUS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A COMMUNICATOR AND HIS ADDRESSEE. 2 EXPERIMENTS INVOLVED SEATING, AND 2 INVOLVED STANDING POSTURES. IN A DECODING METHOD, SS INFERRED ATTITUDES FROM PREPARED...

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Published in:Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 1968-06, Vol.32 (3), p.296-308
Main Author: MEHRABIAN, ALBERT
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis of Variance
Arm
Attitude
Attitudes
Communication
Cues
Distance Perception
Female
Head
Human
Humans
Interpersonal Interaction
Leg
Male
Orientation
Orienting Reflex
Orienting Responses
Perceptual Orientation
Posture
Space life sciences
Spatial Behavior
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Summary:EXPLORED THE RELATIONSHIP OF POSTURE, ORIENTATION, AND DISTANCE OF A COMMUNICATOR TO AN ADDRESSEE TO ATTITUDES AND STATUS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A COMMUNICATOR AND HIS ADDRESSEE. 2 EXPERIMENTS INVOLVED SEATING, AND 2 INVOLVED STANDING POSTURES. IN A DECODING METHOD, SS INFERRED ATTITUDES FROM PREPARED COMMUNICATIONS, WHILE IN ENCODING SS RESPONDED TO SITUATIONS WHICH INCLUDED LIKED-DISLIKED, HIGH-LOW STATUS, AND MALE-FEMALE ADDRESSEES, WHILE THEIR POSTURE, ORIENTATION, AND DISTANCE WERE RECORDED. RESULTS RELATE THE FOLLOWING SET OF VARIABLES TO ATTITUDES AND STATUS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNICATORS: DISTANCE BETWEEN COMMUNICATORS, EYE CONTACT, DEGREE OF RELAXATION IN ARMS, LEGS, OR TOTAL POSTURE, DEGREE OF FORWARD VS. BACKWARD LEAN WHILE SEATED, OCCURRENCE OF ARMS-AKIMBO POSITION WHILE STANDING, ORIENTATION OF BODY TOWARD THE ADDRESSEE, ARM OPENNESS, LEG OPENNESS, AND HEAD LEVEL. (17 REF.)
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/h0025906