APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Romantically Involved or Just Friends? Accuracy and Consensus in Judgments of Male-Female Dyads
- Rachel Griffiths
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire - Ronald Lockington
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire - Laiken Peterson
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire - Jacob Harriman
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire - April Bleske-Rechek
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Abstract
Male-female pairs of researchers conducted 90-second observations of young-adult male-female dyads, followed by a brief interview of each dyad member. Observers did not agree in their judgments of the dyad as friends or romantically involved. Female observers were more accurate than were male observers, who tended to over-infer romantic involvement.
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