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Nonverbal Self-Accuracy in Interpersonal Interaction

Judith A. Hall

Northeastern University, j.hall{at}neu.edu

Nora A. Murphy

Brandeis University

Marianne Schmid Mast

University of Neuchâtel

Four studies measure participants' accuracy in remembering, without forewarning, their own nonverbal behavior after an interpersonal interaction. Self-accuracy for smiling, nodding, gazing, hand gesturing, and self-touching is scored by comparing the participants' recollections with coding based on videotape. Self-accuracy is above chance and of modest magnitude on average. Self-accuracy is greatest for smiling; intermediate for nodding, gazing, and gesturing; and lowest for self-touching. It is higher when participants focus attention away from the self (learning as much as possible about the partner, rearranging the furniture in the room, evaluating the partner, smiling and gazing at the partner) than when participants are more self-focused (getting acquainted, trying to make a good impression on the partner, being evaluated by the partner, engaging in more self-touching). The contributions of cognitive demand and affective state are discussed.

Key Words: self-accuracy • nonverbal communication • interpersonal interaction • power • self-focus

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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 12, 1675-1685 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207307492
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