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Compliance-Gaining Message Strategies: A Typology and Some Findings Concerning Effects of Situational Differences
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Miller, Gerald; And Others – Communication Monographs, 1977
Investigates the potential control strategies a persuader may use and the impact of situational differences on a persuader's strategic choice. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Classification, Interaction Process Analysis, Persuasive Discourse
The Role of Context in Information Seeking and Impression Formation
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Rubin, Rebecca Boring – Communication Monographs, 1977
Investigates the amount and type of information sought during impression formation and concludes that information seeking is integral to uncertainty reduction in interpersonal interaction. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Information Needs, Information Seeking, Interaction Process Analysis
An Analysis of the Effects of Nine Leadership-Group Compatibility Contingencies Upon Productivity and Member Satisfaction
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Downs, Cal W.; Pickett, Terry – Communication Monographs, 1977
Investigates interaction effects of the variables of leadership style and groupings of people on productivity and member satisfaction. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Group Dynamics, Group Unity, Higher Education
The Impact of Communication Apprehension and Interaction Structure on Initial Interactions.
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Ayres, Joe – Communication Monographs, 1989
Examines the impact of communication apprehension (CA) and interaction structure on participants' perceptions and behavior during initial interactions. Finds that high and low CA males perceived their female interaction partners differently, while females reported less satisfying interactions in the structured versus unstructured condition. (SR)
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Higher Education, Interaction
The Comparative Utility of Three Types of Behavioral Units for Interaction Analysis
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Hatfield, Deborah Weider; Hatfield, John D. – Communication Monographs, 1978
Examines whether the use of a particular unit of interaction behavior enhances reliability in interaction analysis research. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
Conversational Involvement and Loneliness.
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Bell, Robert A. – Communication Monographs, 1985
Assessed the relationship of conversational involvement and loneliness among college students. Found that lonely participants in this study had lower rates of talkativeness, interruptions, and attention than the nonlonely; they were also perceived as less involved and less interpersonally attractive. (PD)
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Research, Higher Education, Interaction Process Analysis
The Effects of Threats to Attitudinal Freedom As a Function of Message Quality and Initial Receiver Attitude
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Smith, Mary John – Communication Monographs, 1977
Discusses a study designed to measure the effects of message threat level, message quality, and initial receiver attitude on attitude change and evaluations of source credibility. (MH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
A Model of Hierarchical Meanings in Coherent Conversation and a Study of "Indirect Responses."
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Pearce, W. Barnett; Conklin, Forrest – Communication Monographs, 1979
Presents a model of meanings in coherent conversation taking the form of a hierarchy of levels of cognitive interpolations between the stream of behavior and archetypal patterns in conversations. A study of indirect responses in conversation is reported which supports the hierarchical structure of the model. (JMF)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Theory, Interaction Process Analysis
Reciprocal Disclosures and Language Intensity: Attributional Consequences
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And Others; Brad, James J. – Communication Monographs, 1978
Examines the personality attributions made of a second speaker when (1) he reciprocated or failed to reciprocate the intimacy level of a disclosure made by an initial speaker and when (2) he matched or failed to match the initial speaker's level of language intensity. (Authors)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Higher Education, Interaction Process Analysis
Verbal Correlates of Interviewer Empathic Listening and Employment Interview Outcomes.
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McComb, Karen B.; Jablin, Fredric M. – Communication Monographs, 1984
Analyzes audio- and videotapes of actual employment interviews conducted at a university placement center to determine (1) relationships among interviewers' verbal behaviors such as silence, interruptions, probing questions, etc.; (2) applicants' perceptions of their interviewers as empathic listeners; and (3) interview outcomes in terms of second…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Communication Research, Correlation