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Question asking as a dyadic behavior.

Avraham N Kluger1, Thomas E Malloy2

  • 1School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|November 13, 2019
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Reanalyzing a speed-dating study, researchers found that question asking is not equivalent to liking. Offering a second date was inversely related to asking questions for men, challenging previous findings on conversational engagement.

Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Communication Studies
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Previous research suggested a strong link between question-asking and liking in conversations.
  • The original study claimed follow-up questions, not switch questions, significantly impact liking.
  • A trait-level model was proposed, indicating question-asking behavior is a stable personality characteristic.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To reanalyze speed-dating data previously interpreted to support a link between question-asking and liking.
  • To apply social relations modeling to disentangle actor, partner, dyad, and gender effects on question-asking.
  • To critically evaluate the operationalization of 'liking' as 'being offered a second date'.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical, methodological, and empirical reanalysis of existing speed-dating data (Study 3).

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  • Application of social relations modeling (SRM) to analyze variance in question-asking behavior.
  • Bivariate social relations modeling to compare follow-up and switch question effects.

    • Main Results:

    • Social relations modeling revealed variance in question-asking is attributable to traits (approx. 1/3), dyads (approx. 1/3), and partner elicitation.
    • Follow-up and switch questions showed largely isomorphic latent scores, contradicting earlier distinctions.
    • Asking questions was inversely related to receiving a second-date offer, particularly for men.

    Conclusions:

    • Offering a second date is not a reliable proxy for genuine liking.
    • Question-asking behavior is influenced by relational dynamics (dyads) and situational factors, not solely by individual traits.
    • Question-asking is distinct from active listening, and its relationship with interpersonal attraction is more complex than previously suggested.