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