The influence of pragmatic competence on the likeability of grade‐school children

Place, Karen S.; Becker, Judith A.

doi:10.1080/01638539109544783

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“…However we should point out that specific condition by condition analyses indicate that moderate nonverbal disagreement might not be as harmful as constant disagreement for the credibility dimensions, although the trends are always in the hypothesized directions. This finding is consistent with our hypotheses, with previous theoretical work suggesting that norm violators are perceived suspiciously (e.g., Levine, et al, 2000), with research indicating that violations of turn-taking rules (i.e., verbal interruptions) are associated with negative consequences for the violator (Bennett, 1981;Chambliss & Feeny, 1992;LaFrance, 1992;Place & Becker, 1991;Robinson & Reis, 1989), and with studies suggesting that candidates are less effective when they are not polite during debates (Dailey, Hinck, & Hinck, 2008).…”

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The Role of Background Behavior in Televised Debates: Does Displaying Nonverbal Agreement and/or Disagreement Benefit Either Debater?

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Weger

Jensen

et al. 2010

The Journal of Social Psychology

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This study examined the effects of background nonverbal behavior displayed with the purpose of undermining one's opponent in televised debates. Students watched one of four versions of a televised debate. In each, while the speaking debater appeared on the main screen, subscreens displayed her nonspeaking opponent's background nonverbal behavior. In one version, the non-speaking debater remained "stone faced" during her opponent's speech, while in the other three she nonverbally displayed occasional disagreement, nearly constant disagreement, or both agreement and disagreement. After viewing the debates, students rated the debaters' credibility, appropriateness, objectivity, and debate skills, in addition to judging who won the debate. Analysis indicated that background nonverbal behavior influenced audience perceptions of debaters' credibility, appropriateness, objectivity, debate skill, and the extent to which the debate was won. These results suggest that adding nonverbal agreement to expressions of nonverbal disagreement do not reduce the negative impacts of communicating disagreement nonverbally during an opponent's speech and may in fact further decrease the audiences' perception of a debater's credibility and overall performance.

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The Role of Background Behavior in Televised Debates: Does Displaying Nonverbal Agreement and/or Disagreement Benefit Either Debater?

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Weger

Jensen

et al. 2010

The Journal of Social Psychology

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“…However, our review of the literature uncovered only a handful of studies explicitly exploring links between pragmatic language and any aspects of social functioning in typically developing children. Positive associations between pragmatic language skills and peer preference have been reported in both preschool (Gertner, Rice, & Hadley, 1994) and school-aged children (Place & Becker, 1991). As well, Fagan and Iglesias (2000) reported that children with better language scores (including pragmatics) exhibited fewer externalizing and internalizing behaviours.…”

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“…Indeed, better pragmatic skills appear to be associated with increased peer-preference (Gertner et al, 1994;Place & Becker, 1991). Thus, shy children who are more skilled in socio-communicative competence may make more attractive playmates to peers, and perhaps lead to the formation of important friednships.…”

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Shy and soft‐spoken: shyness, pragmatic language, and socio‐emotional adjustment in early childhood

Coplan

Weeks

2009

Infant and Child Development

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The goal of this study was to examine the moderating role of pragmatic language in the relations between shyness and indices of socio-emotional adjustment in an unselected sample of early elementary school children. In particular, we sought to explore whether pragmatic language played a protective role for shy children. Participants were n 5 167 children aged 6-7 years, recruited from grade 1 classrooms in public elementary schools. Multi-source assessment was used to measure child shyness, pragmatic language ability, and indices of social and emotional difficulties at school. Results indicated several significant shyness-by-pragmatic-language interactions in the prediction of outcome variables. The pattern of results indicated a clear buffering effect of pragmatic language, with associations between shyness and adjustment difficulties exacerbated at lower levels of pragmatic language, and attenuated at higher levels. Results are discussed in terms of the specific positive benefits of pragmatic language for shy children and the implications for ameliorative intervention programs.

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“…This research examines what personal attributes are attractive, the advantages of being attractive, and the disadvantages of not being attractive (Berscheid & Reis, 1998). Examples of attributes that have been studied include physical appearance (Adams & Crossman, 1978;Bercheid & Walster, 1974;Huston & Levinger, 1978;Walster, Aronson, Abrahams, & Rottman, 1966), ability (Aronson, Willerman, & Floyd, 1966), pragmatic competence (Place & Becker, 1991), socioeconomic status (Baize & Schroeder, 1995;Townsend & Levy, 1990), expressiveness (Sprecher, 1989), age and sexual fidelity (Buss, 1989).…”

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Applied Study of Affinities for Personal Attributes Using an Epidemiological Model

Hartz¹,

Watson²,

Noyes³

2005

soc behav pers

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Relationship choices are critical to one's psychological and physical well-being. Yet prior investigations of factors that influence these choices have been determinedly nonutilitarian. Many studies have assessed the attractiveness of specific personal attributes, the benefits of having attractive or unattractive characteristics, and the influence of evolutionary pressures on the attractiveness of certain qualities. However, attributes have not been investigated for their effect on those who have an affinity for them in today's society. Research should be directed toward identifying affinities that are normative but maladaptive because they decrease the likelihood of forming good relationships. This research would parallel epidemiological studies of risk factors for health problems and would yield information that could be used to improve relationship choices.

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The influence of pragmatic competence on the likeability of grade‐school children

Cited by 45 publications

References 27 publications

The Role of Background Behavior in Televised Debates: Does Displaying Nonverbal Agreement and/or Disagreement Benefit Either Debater?

The Role of Background Behavior in Televised Debates: Does Displaying Nonverbal Agreement and/or Disagreement Benefit Either Debater?

Shy and soft‐spoken: shyness, pragmatic language, and socio‐emotional adjustment in early childhood

Applied Study of Affinities for Personal Attributes Using an Epidemiological Model

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