NDLI: Perceptual Mechanisms That Characterize Gender Differences in Decoding Women's Sexual Intent

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Author	Farris, Coreen Treat, Teresa A. Viken, Richard J. Mcfall, Richard M.
Abstract	Men and women often disagree about the meaning of women's nonverbal cues, particularly those conveying dating-relevant information. Men perceive more sexual intent in women's behavior than women perceive or report intending to convey. Although this finding has been attributed to gender differences in the threshold for labeling ambiguous cues as sexual in nature, little research has been conducted to determine etiology. Using a model that differentiates perceptual sensitivity from decisional bias, we found no evidence that men have lenient thresholds for perceiving women's nonverbal behavior as indicating sexual interest. Rather, gender differences were captured by a relative perceptual insensitivity among men. Just as in previous studies, men were more likely than women to misperceive friendliness as sexual interest, but they also were quite likely to misperceive sexual interest as friendliness. The results point to the promise of computational models of perception in increasing the understanding of clinically relevant social processes.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02092.x
Ending Page	354
Page Count	7
Starting Page	348
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09567976
e-ISSN	14679280
Journal	Psychological science
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	19
Language	English
Publisher Date	2008-04-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Psychology(all) Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Psychology

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