GIV

Liars hesitate less during their speech than people who are telling the truth do.

Human beings can recognize the identity of a speaker with a high degree of accuracy.

People put larger interpersonal distances between themselves and short people than with tall people.

You maintain greater interaction distances with overweight people than with thin people.

Romantic couples who experience more conflict and disagreement look at each other more frequently than other couples.

Widening of the eyelids while speaking signifies emphasis on what was said.

When judging emotions from facial expressions, observers often confuse surprise and fear.

Rapid head nods are a signal to the speaker to finish quickly.

In a conversation speakers glance at their conversation partner at the end of a thought unit or idea.

High foreheads are believed by lay people (Laien) to be a sign of intelligence.

Smiles are not reciprocated (returned) predictably.

Observers can tell pretty well whether someone’s facial expression reflects real or feigned (faked) enjoyment.

In a conversation speakers glance to signal the other person to speak.

Thin lips are believed by lay people to be a sign of conscientiousness. (=Gewissenhaftigkeit)

People are more likely to touch themselves while telling the truth than when lying.

Hand gestures can replace speech when we cannot or do not want to talk.

Blinking is not an indicator of physiological arousal.

How much your face tends to show your emotions when you are not trying to do so, has nothing to do with how accurate you will be at showing emotions when you make deliberate effort to do so.

Men are more likely than women to pay attention to nonverbal cues that they can see, compared to nonverbal cues in the voice.

People from a lower socioeconomic background tend to score higher on judging the meanings of nonverbal cues than people from higher socio- economic background.

Movements of the head and hands are infrequently (=selten) used to accent the verbal message.

To tell if someone is truly feeling amusement or enjoyment, you need to look at his or her eyes.

A speaker’s age can be estimated fairly accurately from his or her voice.

In a dimly lit room people tend to sit farther apart.

Social anxiety is related to higher levels of gazing at another person during conversation.

Men are better at judging facial cues than women are.

Increased facial movements are associated with anxiety.

Males are better at decoding nonverbal behavior than females.

Errors while speaking, such as stutters, repetitions, and omissions, are more common for men than for women.

Anger in the voice is revealed by a decrease in speech rate.

Parts of the face are used to open and close channels of communication.

Females gaze more at their partner when farther away from their partners than when they are closer.

The pupil of your eye dilates when you are engaged in a task that requires mental effort.

Males react favorably to strangers approaching from the front.

Lowered brows are not a common sign of an angry feeling.

There is no difference in how much males and females gaze at a partner during an interaction.

The eyebrow flash (raising and lowering of the eyebrow) is found in greeting rituals and signals desire to interact.

Among high school students, girls are more accurate than boys in judging the meanings of face, body, and vocal nonverbal cues.

People with high affiliative needs (=Bindungsbedürfnisse) tend to glance and return glances more often.

People approach both high and low status others more closely than they approach equal status others.