"A growing body of recent research shows that people with the most social power pay scant attention to those with little such power. This tuning out has been observed, for instance, with strangers in a mere five-minute get-acquainted session, where the more powerful person shows fewer signals of paying attention, like nodding or laughing. Higher-status people are also more likely to express disregard, through facial expressions, and are more likely to take over the conversation and interrupt or look past the other speaker. "Bringing the micropolitics of interpersonal attention to the understanding of social power, researchers are suggesting, has implications for public policy."
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 03:54:12 +0000
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