Nonverbal Sex Differences

Accuracy of Communication and Expressive Style
Erscheinungsjahr 1990
ISBN: 978-0-8018-4018-0
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

This is the first thorough review and analysis of the extensive research literature on nonverbal sex differences among infants, children, and adults. Judith A. Hall summarizes and explores data on nonverbal skill and style differences, including the sending and judging of nonverbal cues of emotion, facial expression, gaze, interpersonal distance, touch, body movement, and nonverbal speech characteristics.

Popular authors and scholars alike have advanced the argument that women's low social status has accounted for their nonverbal skills and expressive style. Hall pays particular attention to examining this "oppressive hypothesis." Explanations for nonverbal sex differences surely have much to do with cultural expectations and social learning processes, she argues, but to unravel the exact causal influences is a complex task, one that has hardly begun.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hall, Judith A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sexualpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables
Preface
Chapter 1. Goals and Methods
Chapter 2. Judgment Accuracy
Chapter 3. Explaining Judgment Accuracy
Chapter 4. Expression Accuracy
Chapter 5. The Face
Chapter 6. Gaze
Chapter 7. Interpersonal Distance and Orientation
Chapter 8. Touch
Chapter 9. Body Movement and Position
Chapter 10. Voice
Chapter 11. Summary, Comparisons, and Conclusions
Appendix: Empirical Studies Reviewed
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hall, Judith A.
Judith A. Hall is author of numerous articles and coauthor of Sensitivity to Nonverbal Communication: The PONS Test.