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The sounds of social life: A psychometric analysis of students' daily social environments and natural conversations.
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The natural conversations and social environments of 52 undergraduates were tracked across two 2-day periods separated by 4 weeks using a computerized tape recorder (the Electronically Activated Recorder [EAR]). The EAR was programmed to record 30-s snippets of ambient sounds approximately every 12 min during participants' waking hours. Students' social environments and use of language in their natural conversations were mapped in terms of base rates and temporal stability. The degree of cross-context consistency and between-speaker synchrony in language use was assessed. Students' social worlds as well as their everyday language were highly consistent across time and context. The study sheds light on a methodological blind spot--the sampling of naturalistic social information from an unobtrusive observer's perspective.
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- Authors
- Mehl, M. R., & Pennebaker, J. W.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 2003-04
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 857-870
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W2135604788
- Cited by
- 508
- References
- 86
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- FWCI
- 81.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- CLOK (University of Central Lancashire) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH052391, MH52391)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Representations and Identity
- Keywords
- naturalistic conversation, social environment, everyday language use, Electronically Activated Recorder, temporal stability, unobtrusive observation, undergraduate students, everyday life
- MeSH terms
- Acoustics, Adult, Communication, Female, Humans, Language, Male, Psychometrics, Social Behavior, Social Environment, Students
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