Face-to-Face Interaction: Research, Methods, and Theory

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface xi
• Part I - Face-To-Face Interaction: The Research Area and Some Basic Issues 1
• 1 - Introduction 3
• 2 - Measurement Techniques and Research Strategies 14
• Part II - Individual Differences in Brief Conversations 31
• 3 - A Study of Individual Differences in Five-Minute Interactions 33
• 4 - Descriptive Statistics and Group Differences 48
• 5 - Relationships Between the Acts 60
• 6 - Actions, Self-Descriptions, and Reactions 99
• 7 - Overview and Critique of Our Studies of Act Scores 123
• Part III - Studies of the Organization of Face-To-Face Interaction 133
• 8 - Presuppositions of Research Strategy 135
• 9 - Data Generation 144
• 10 - Preliminaries to Analysis 163

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface xi
• Part I - Face-To-Face Interaction: The Research Area and Some Basic Issues 1
• 1 - Introduction 3
• 2 - Measurement Techniques and Research Strategies 14
• Part II - Individual Differences in Brief Conversations 31
• 3 - A Study of Individual Differences in Five-Minute Interactions 33
• 4 - Descriptive Statistics and Group Differences 48
• 5 - Relationships Between the Acts 60
• 6 - Actions, Self-Descriptions, and Reactions 99
• 7 - Overview and Critique of Our Studies of Act Scores 123
• Part III - Studies of the Organization of Face-To-Face Interaction 133
• 8 - Presuppositions of Research Strategy 135
• 9 - Data Generation 144
• 10 - Preliminaries to Analysis 163
• 11 - The Turn System 176
• Part IV - A Proposed Metatheory and Research Approach 245
• 12 - A Metatheory for Face-To-Face Interaction 249
• Summary and Conclusion 303
• Appendix a Transcription and Reliability for the Replication Study 340
• Appendix B Crescat: A Program for Analyzing Action Sequences 343
• References 345
• Author Index 353
• Subject Index 357