Examines a nonverbal indicator of anxiety--use of object adaptors. Examines effects of planning for an anticipated encounter and level of discrepancy individuals report they have in imagined interactions on use of object adaptors. Discusses findings in terms of spontaneous helplessness, plan efficacy, and accretion of plan strategies in response…

Argues that nonverbal cues act much like other behaviors in triggering attribution-making in couples' interactions. Finds that negative behaviors were more likely than positive nonverbal cues to be noticed; satisfaction was related to attributions for positive behaviors; mutual attributions for the same behaviors differed significantly; and…

Employs time series analysis to model individual and discursive influences on the response latencies of deceivers and truthtellers. Shows that a decay impulse model provides a good description of the data. Finds that message veracity and self-monitoring combined to affect the fit of the decay impulse model. (SR)