Perceptions of Talk Time — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

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More information is available at carthage.edu/celebration-scholars/. The following are members of the Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Committee who are eager to listen to ideas and answer questions:

Jun Wang
Kim Instenes
John Kirk
Nora Nickels
Andrew Pustina
James Ripley

Perceptions of Talk Time

Name: Shelby Wilson
Major: Psychology
Hometown: Greenfield, WI
Faculty Sponsor:
Other Sponsors:
Type of research: Senior thesis
Funding: SURE

Name: Miranda Aldrich
Major: Psychology and Music
Hometown: Montgomery, IL
Faculty Sponsor:
Other Sponsors:
Type of research: Senior thesis
Funding: SURE

Name: Logen Bartz
Major: Psychology and Criminal Justice
Hometown: Cottage Grove, MN
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Type of research: Senior thesis
Funding: SURE

Abstract

This study was designed to explore the effects of gender and race on talk time perceptions. This study could have implications in many different areas, such as women in the business world and stereotype research. There also is not much research looking at the intersectionality between gender and race related to talk time. Study one used a national survey through Amazon Mechanical Turk to look at descriptive and prescriptive stereotypes related to talk time. It asked participants about how talkative race/gender pairings are and how desirable it is for the group to be talking be according to society. Results show that Asian men and women are perceived to the quietest group in society, and women are perceived to be more talkative than their male race counterparts. It was also shown that men were more desirable to be speaking. In study two, participants listen to either a male or female monologue, then take a survey estimating how long they believe the speaker spoke for. Research is ongoing but we hypothesize that participants will estimate the speaker taking up more time talking when the speaker is female than when the speaker is male.

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