Speech Convergence and Speech Evaluation in Fact-Finding Interviews
Speech Convergence and Speech Evaluation in Fact-Finding Interviews
复制标题
事实调查访谈中的语音收敛和语音评估
DOI:
10.1111/j.1468-2958.1984.tb00043.x
复制
发表时间:
1984
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
R. Street
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
R. Street
The purpose of this study was to examine speech convergence and speech evaluation in fact-finding interviews conducted in the field. Forty interviewers (ERs), undergraduates enrolled in a class on interviewing processes, conducted 20–30 minute interviews with selected interviewees (EEs), business persons and professionals in fields of interest to the ERs. Speech behaviors examined included response latency, speech rate, and turn duration; these were coded per one minute intervals of each interaction. Time series regression procedures indicated that both ERs and EEs converged speech rate and response latency toward their interlocutors' performances of these behaviors. Although turn duration convergence did not characterize the entire data set, male-male dyads did converge significantly and male (ER)-female (EE) dyads significantly diverged turn duration. Regarding speech evaluation, there was some evidence that greater response latency similarity, greater speech rate and response latency convergence, and faster ER speech and slower EE speech were positively related to the competence and social attractiveness judgments of participants. Limitations and implications are discussed.