The Facial Action Code (FAC) was derived from an analysis of the anatomical basis of facial movement. The development of the method is explained, contrasting it to other methods of measuring facial behavior. An example of how facial behavior is measured is provided, and ideas about research applications are discussed. (Author)

Examined effectiveness of different empathy training approaches with high and low conceptual level (CL) trainees and effects of client ambivalence on empathic responding. High CL trainees were found to be more empathic to ambivalent affect statements, while no difference was found on responses to nonambivalent statements. (Author)

Examines the effects of social anxiety on perception of and response to negatively toned interpersonal feedback. (Author)

Volunteer clients of both sexes were assigned randomly to one of three male counselors and to one of two treatments. In the nonstandard English condition, the counselor casually and passively introduced four profane words. Counselors who used nonstandard English were judged to be less effective and satisfying. (Author)

Two experiments are reported: one in which presentation of external information about a stranger evoked significantly higher attraction ratings than available psychological information; and a second where similarity of Subject and Other on external characteristics had greater effects upon attraction scores than did similarity of psychological…

Males (N=54) and 46 females who scored high or low on a sensation seeking scale were exposed to slides of physically attractive or unattractive person stimuli. High sensation seekers both liked and expected to recognize the physically attractive persons in the future more than the physically unattractive persons. (Author)

Male college students were first angered by a confederate's critical evaluation of their autobiographical letters. They were then given one of three procedures designed to reduce hostile aggression: an expression of their feelings; a reinterpretation of the criticism; and a combination of expression and reinterpretation. (Author)

Examines the effect on a recipient of another's effort to provide help. Two variables, locus of responsibility for initiating a help attempt and type of outcome resulting from the help attempt, were manipulated in a three x two factorial design. Results indicated that the Requested help condition yielded the strongest obligation to help others.…

In this study a male experimenter's style of dress had significant influence upon the number of agreements from older and younger women to answer the interviewer's questions and no influence upon men. Older individuals were more influenced by clothing than were younger ones. Results are discussed. (Author)

This study manipulated norms governing interaction levels in crowded groups of women. Results indicated norms influenced reactions to crowding as predicted. Women reacted most positively when interaction levels were high and most negatively when interaction levels were low. (Author)

This exploratory study compared the response patterns of two groups of counselors experienced in crisis intervention. One group (N=5) was trained according to the Rusk model and the other (N=5) in the brief, focal therapy approach. With the exception of explicit empathy, no between-group differences in frequency of intervention were found. (Author)

Gaze at objects, another person, and background was measured for 15 days which constituted five different experimental groups in which task and situational factors were varied. Background stimuli had an unreliable effect on gaze. A simple object attracted a great deal of gaze and reduced gaze at the other person. (Author)

The effects of an instigator's and a respondent's disclosure on impressions of the revealing respondent were examined in a pair of experiments. The first experiment assessed the effects of both own and other's disclosure on a participant perceiver. After meeting a confederate partner, female undergraduate subjects (N=83) were induced to make an…

One of the major studies conducted by the Consortium involved examining the inter-relationships of various aspects of teacher and student classroom functioning to determine what happens to a particular class of teacher or student behavior as the quantity and/or quality of other aspects of classroom interaction change. This examination occurred in…

This study investigated similarities and differences of response by male and female counselors-in-training to clients of their own and opposite sex. The Counseling Response Instrument (CRI) was administered to 127 participants. Although different response patterns were found, results were not in the direction of traditional sex-role stereotyping.…