Results of this study indicate that college students' perception of the credibility of faculty members was enhanced by the presence of professionally related and aesthetic objects (plaques, books, paintings, etc.) in the faculty members' offices. Communicative implications of the findings are discussed. (PD)

Presents a study of the effects of the occupation of an individual's personal space on that individual's judgment of the invader when the invader's attitudes are known to the invadee. Also studies the effect of the difficulty of the task on the relationship between spatial orientation and interpersonal attraction. (JMF)

Investigated possible differences in seating preferences due to gender. Found, among other results, that males and females preferred different seating patterns when interacting with males in a task-oriented setting. Discusses results in terms of communication functions: defining intimacy, creating gender roles, and allocating status within…