High and low socially anxious women were given identical feedback about their personality traits after a brief social interaction with a male confederate. The male confederate was trained to respond positively to half and negatively to half. High socially anxious subjects had more accurate memory for negative information about themselves. (Author)

Evaluated the assumption that social evaluations are infrequent in daily interactions. Undergraduates (N=39) self-observed five different hours of social interaction and reported an average of 2.6 evaluations per rated hour of interaction. An average of 61 percent were rated positive. Family members gave positive evaluations less frequently than…

Examined the extent to which subjects disclosed positive and negative trait information to each of three friends in the course of their relationships. Self-disclosure and feedback grouped themselves as suggested by Leary's model of interpersonal behavior, indicating that relationships are characterized more by affiliative than by dominant…