Managing Interpersonal Sensitivity : Knowing When - and When Not - to Understand Others

by Smith, Jessi L.; Ickes, William, Ph.D.; Hall, Judith A.; Hodges, Sara D.

• ISBN13: 9781617286919
• ISBN10: 1617286915
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-30
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

Findings from the past two decades of interpersonal sensitivity research presented a big surprise to the researchers who were working in this area. These findings, at first suggestive and then unmistakably clear, showed that scores on various interpersonal sensitivity measures were not as stable as scores on other measures of cognitive ability (for example, IQ scores) seemed to be. The accumulating data further suggested that differences in situationally-evoked motivational states were the most probable cause of these variations in interpersonal sensitivity. This book examines this discovery and how it has completely changed the research agenda for those working in this field of study.

Table of Contents

Preface

Interpersonal Sensitivity: A Set of Abilities We Can Dial Up or Down as Needed?

Manipulated Motivation & Interpersonal Accuracy

Why, When, & How Motivation Helps Mind-Reading

Accurate When It Counts: Perceiving Power & Status in Social Groups

Specifically Motivated, Feminine, or Just Female: Do Women have an Empathic Accuracy Advantage?

Tuning Out in Order to Fit In: The Effects of Gender Role Expectations & Affiliation Motives on Men's Interpersonal Sensitivity

Romantic Enquiring Minds: The Motivation to Acquire Relationship-Threatening Information

Adult Attachment Styles & Motivated Accuracy

Rejection Sensitivity, Violence & Decoding Deficits in Married Men

Motivation, Empathic Accuracy, & Spousal Support: It's Complicated!

Motivated Misunderstanding in Family Conflict Discussions

Motivated Inaccuracy: Past & Future Directions

To Be, or Not to Be, Accurate: Addressing That & Other Complicated Questions

Index

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