Face-to-face interaction: research, methods, and theory

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION: THE RESEARCH AREA AND SOME BASIC ISSUES -- 1 Introduction -- Face-to-Face Interaction -- Social Action -- Major Categories of Action -- The Contemporary Study of Face-to-Face Interaction -- Guiding Perceptions and Central Themes -- Summary of Topics -- 2 Measurement Techniques and Research Strategies -- Measurement Techniques -- Principles of Research Strategy -- PART II INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN BRIEF CONVERSATIONS -- 3 A Study of Individual Differences in Five-Minute Interactions -- Obtaining the Data and Indices -- The Act Variables -- Transformed Scores -- 4 Descriptive Statistics and Group Differences -- Consistencies Between Raters and Between Interactions -- Sex Differences -- Differences Between the Two Professional Schools -- Sample Differences -- 5 Relationships Between The Acts -- Interdependencies Between Variables -- Correlational Analyses of the Acts -- Plan for Presentations -- The Turn-Related Actions -- The Back-Channel Actions -- The Smile Variables -- The Laugh Family -- The Gaze Family -- The Gesture Family -- The Self-Adaptor Family -- Foot Movements -- The Shift Family -- An Overview -- 6 Actions, Self-Descriptions, and Reactions -- Instruments for Obtaining Self-Descriptions -- Procedure -- The Findings -- Partners' Self-Descriptions -- Correlations Between Acts and Reported Reactions -- 7 Overview and Critique of Our Studies of Act Scores -- The Substantive Findings -- Methodological Contributions -- A Critique of the Strategy Used in this Study -- Units of Data and Pooled Observations -- PART III STUDIES OF THE ORGANIZATION OF FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION -- 8 Presuppositions of Research Strategy -- The Natural History of an Interview -- Rules for Evidence.