CMN 122 Lecture 10: Lecture 10: Intimacy
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Caution: some (+) behaviors could be interpreted (-) under different circumstances. Nonverbal signals of love (gonzaga et al. , 2001) Self-reports (rubin"s love scale- higher is more love) of love correlated with: Couples who score high on romantic love scales exhibit a lot of mutual gaze (rubin love scale) Need for affiliation is positively correlated with mutual gaze (exline) High need for affiliation = higher eye gaze. Hewig et al. (2008) journal of nonverbal behavior. Heterosexual participants look at photos of men and women. All participants initially attracted to the face of opposite sex models for longer periods of time (especially men when looking at women) Speech rate and intimacy (segrin)-- when speaking with and intimate partner: Pitch and romantic relationships (farley et al. , 2013) j nonverb behav. Place a call to a close same-sex friend and a romantic partner. Men raised pitch when talking to a romantic partner vs. a friend.
