Lang - Microanalysis Tutorial

Question 1

Microanalysis intro

Answer 1

• study social interaction by video + audio recording analysis
• studying interpersonal communication

Question 2

practical relevance of microanalysis

Answer 2

-Highlights social interaction details: easier to change beh
-changes how we think about communication
-dev training to improve communication
- increase transparency of communication of powerful people

Question 3

Endres + Laidlaw- METT in med students

Answer 3

-Highest ( good communicator) + lowest (bad) quartile med students ability to detect micro-expressions before + after METT
- No difference in pre-assessment scores between lowest + highest quartile group
- High quartile sig improved after training, lowest didn’t
- good communicators benefit from METT
-static expressions used - not real-life

Question 4

warren et al - deception detection with emotional + unemotional cues

Answer 4

• encoders record truthful or deceptive descriptions of videos to generate emotional or unemotional responses
  -decoders indicate truthfulness + complete METT + SETT (subtle)
• deception detection no better than chance
  -emotional lie above chance + POs correlated with SETT
  -unemotional lie sig below chance
• nonverbal leakage theory: leaved emotions match intended message

Question 5

Waddle + Bull - political communication during national crisis

Answer 5

• Prime minister questions investigated associates effect
• communication styles of opposition +PM
• oppositions questions mostly focused
  -PM directed many attacks personally to opposition