“…An extensive review of the literature on simple talk and silence indices by Lustig (Note 1) produces the following: Talkative persons are more productive (Norfleet, 1948), more task oriented (Knutson, 1960;Strodtbeck & Mann, 1956), more "leader-like" (Bass, 1949(Bass, , 1951Borgatta & Bales, 1956;French, 1950;Jaffe & Lucas, 1969), more influential (Bales, 1953;Riechen, 1958;Strodtbeck, 1951), more socially adept (Knutson, 1960;Muir, 1964;Philips, 1965Philips, , 1968Steward, 1968), and better liked (Bales, 1953;Bavelas, Hastorf, Gross, & Kite, 1965;Strodtbeck & Hook, 1961) than their less verbal counterparts.…”