Typically, members of the same sex do not want imply too much interest in each other too often, or risk feelings of awkwardness when in close conversation. Thus, they look away from each other more often, and smile less (especially since frequent smiling can have several interpretations, such as obvious sexual interest.)Whether any of this behavior is either conscious or unconscious was not determined. It could possibly rely solely upon an individual’s awareness of how attracted they are to the other individual.One possible source of error for this experiment could be sexual preference. This study does not take into account for any type of homosexuality. However, it is reasonable to surmise that the same hypothesis will hold true for homosexual- same gender dyads. References1. Baxter, J.C. (1970). Interpersonal spacing in natural settings. Sociometry, 33, 444-4562. Hall, E.T. (1966). The Hidden Dimension. Garden City: Doubleday.3. Sanders, J.L., Hakky, U.M., & Brizzolara, M.M. (1985). Personal space amongst Arabs and Americans. International Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 8, 360-393.4. Sommer, R. (1962). The Distance for comfortable conversation: A further study. Sociometry, 25, 111-116.Lab 1PSYC 261Overtly Implied Interest Amongst Dyads Joe Lalia An Independent Study...
