Gender and Conversation Flashcards

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What is the common assumption of who talks more?

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Women talk more than men

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Who did research which suggests that women don’t necessarily talk more and when?

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Fisherman 1990

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What did Fisherman suggest on who talks more?

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In mixed sex conversations, men talk more than women

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How did Fisherman measure her results?

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The amount of time that men would speak was found to be approximately double the average time that a woman would speak

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When giving conversational support, who is more supportive and what is their approach?

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Women, their approach is to be cooperative, whereas men’s is competitive

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What are specific features of women’s speech in regard to cooperation and support?

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Ask more questions
Give more supportive feedback (bachkchanneling)
Pay more compliments
Initiate more topics of conversation
Effort to bring others into the conversation
Use of “you” and “we” - addressing others more
Develop ideas of previous speakers

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Contrasting, what are specific features of men’s speech in regard to support?

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Interrupt more
Express disagreement
Ignore others’ utterances
Show reluctance to review topics initiated by others

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What have many researchers found?

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That men interrupt more than women

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Who did research to support interruption theories and what were their figures?

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Zimmerman and West 1975
96% of interruptions were from men
Only 4% from women

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What can also be said about interruptions?

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Women are more likely to be interrupted than men

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Example of a study which show who is interrupted and interrupts more?

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Parent-child interactions
Fathers did most of the interruptions
Daughters were interrupted more than sons, both by their mothers and fathers

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What are common topics of conversation of men and women?

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Women - feelings

Men - things

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What does women’s conversation tend to focus on?

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Personal experiences, relationships and problems

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What does men’s conversation tend to focus on?

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Concrete topics, relation to information and facts, Objects and activities

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