CMN 122 Lecture 13: Lecture 13: Dominance
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% looking while speaking / % of looking while listening: close to 1 or greater than 1 a person has a lot of dominance less than one person is less dominant. When people"s relative status in a conversation changes, their dr changes: dr is not constant- it changes situation to situation. Discuss 3 interpersonal dilemmas, come up with solution: high school student introduced as either: a low status high school grad or a low ambition hs grad. Dr close to 1 when college students had high status, < 1 when low status. Dominance ratio can be observed in group interactions. High status people in a group displayed higher group-visual dominance ratio than low status. Males of high-status wear more formal clothing than males of lower status: want to communicate authority through clothing. No association between female status and clothing formality. All targets were evaluated while at work.
