The fish and water effect: The (un-)ability to accurately judge one's own and others' interpersonal behavior

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Leising
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Behavior ◽  
Water Effect

The Encoding and Decoding of Interpersonal Behavior

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Morris ◽  
Mary Seburn ◽  
John Adamopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Behavior

The consistency of interpersonal behavior judgments made on the basis of short-term interactions in three-man groups.

1954 ◽  
Vol 49 (4, Pt.1) ◽  
pp. 573-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert R. Blake ◽  
Jane Srygley Mouton ◽  
Benjamin Fruchter
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Behavior ◽  
Short Term

The Affiliative Role of Empathy in Everyday Interpersonal Interactions

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Whitney R. Ringwald ◽  
Aidan G.C. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Interpersonal Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Ecological Momentary

Empathy theoretically serves an affiliative interpersonal function by satisfying motives for intimacy and union with others. Accordingly, empathy is expected to vary depending on the situation. Inconsistent empirical support for empathy’s affiliative role may be due to methodology focused on individual differences in empathy or differences between controlled experimental conditions, which fail to capture its dynamic and interpersonal nature. To address these shortcomings, we used ecological momentary assessment to establish typical patterns of empathy across everyday interactions. Associations among empathy, affect, and interpersonal behavior of self and interaction partner were examined in a student sample (N=330), then replicated in a pre-registered community sample (N=279). Multi-level structural equation modeling was used to distinguish individual differences in empathy from interaction-level effects. Results show people are more empathetic during positively-valanced interactions with others perceived as warm and when expressing warmth. By confirming the typically affiliative role of empathy, existing research to the contrary can be best understood as exceptions to the norm.

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