Introverts' and extraverts' responses to nonverbal attending behavior.

Examined the different responses of 52 male undergraduate introverts and extraverts (as determined by the Extraversion scale of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire) to 2 types of helper nonverbal attending. One half of the Ss viewed a listener intensely attending (leaning forward) and one half viewed the listener in an upright position. Results indicate that (a) introverts rated the listener higher than did extraverts, independent of his posture; (b) the listener in the forward attending posture was viewed by all participants as more attentive; and (c) the extraverts who viewed the listener in the upright position rated him as more threatening than did the introverts in either condition or the extraverts viewing the listener in the forward position. In no case was the listener in the forward attending posture rated more negatively than the listener sitting upright. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)