Power, Dominance, and Nonverbal Behavior

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Power, Dominance, and Nonverbal Behavior: Basic Concepts and Issues

   • Steve L. Ellyson, John F. Dovidio

   Pages 1-27

3. Power, Dominance, and Nonverbal Behavior: An Overview

   • Robert G. Harper

   Pages 29-48

4. Dominance in Nonhuman Primates

   • G. Mitchell, Terry L. Maple

   Pages 49-66

5. The Evolution of Dominance Hierarchies in Nonhuman Primate Society

   • Carol Shively

   Pages 67-87

6. Human Dominance Signals: The Primate in Us

   • Caroline F. Keating

   Pages 89-108

7. Dominance Displays as Indicators of a Social Success Motive

   • Glenn E. Weisfeld, H. E. Linkey

   Pages 109-128

8. Pattern of Visual Dominance Behavior in Humans

   • John F. Dovidio, Steve L. Ellyson

   Pages 129-149

9. The Nonverbal Semantics of Power and Gender: A Perceptual Study

   • Nancy M. Henley, Sean Harmon

   Pages 151-164

10. Influence of Touch and Preferences for Control on Visual Behavior and Subjective Responses

    • Teresa C. Whitehurst, Valerian J. Derlega

    Pages 165-181

11. Multichannel Transmission of Nonverbal Behavior and the Perception of Powerful Men: The Presidential Debates of 1976

    • Ralph V. Exline

    Pages 183-206

12. Social Influence and Nonverbal Exchange

    • Miles L. Patterson

    Pages 207-217

13. Back Matter

    Pages 219-234

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The study of nonverbal behavior has substantially grown in importance in social psychology during the past twenty years. In addition, other disciplines are increas­ ingly bringing their unique perspectives to this research area. Investigators from a wide variety of fields such as developmental, clinical, and social psychology, as well as primatology, human ethology, sociology, anthropology, and biology have system­ atically examined nonverbal aspects of behavior. Nowhere in the nonverbal behavior literature has such multidisciplinary concern been more evident than in the study of the communication of power and dominance. Ethological insights that explored nonhuman-human parallels in nonverbal communication provided the impetus for the research of the early 19708. The sociobiological framework stimulated the search for analogous and homologous gestures, expressions, and behavior patterns among various species of primates, including humans. Other lines of research, in contrast to evolutionary-based models, have focused on the importance of human developmental and social contexts in determining behaviors associated with power and dominance. Unfortunately, there has been little in the way of cross-fertilization or integration among these fields. A genuine need has existed for a forum that exam­ ines not only where research on power, dominance, and nonverbal behavior has been, but also where it will likely lead. We thus have two major objectives in this book. One goal is to provide the reader with multidisciplinary, up-to-date literature reviews and research findings.

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• social psychology
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• Department of Psychology, University of California at Davis, Davis, USA

  Steve L. Ellyson

• Department of Psychology, Colgate University, Hamilton, USA

  John F. Dovidio

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