Zusammenfassung der Ressource
McGinley, Lefevre and McGinley (1975)
- Aim
- To see the effect of open and closed posture when having a conversation
- Method
- Confederate approached
individuals in a social setting
and had conversations with
them
- Half of the conversations the
confederate adopted an
open posture
- Other half - confederate adopted a closed posture
- Afterwards, the experimenter asked the individuals what they thought of the confederate
- Results
- Open posture - friendly and attractive
- Closed posture - unfriendly and less attractive
- Conclusion
- Posture that
someone adopts will
make a difference to
how much they are
liked
- Evaluation