The Nonverbal Display and Judgment of Extraversion, Masculinity, Femininity, and Gender Diagnosticity: A Lens Model Analysis

Abstract

Thirty-four college men and 33 women were assessed on extraversion (E), gender diagnosticity (GD), masculine instrumentality (M), and feminine expressiveness (F). Participants were videotaped as they delivered talks, and their nonverbal behavior and personality were judged from videotapes. Participants' extraversion and masculinity–femininity (M–F) were reliably and accurately judged from videotapes. Judged extraversion correlated significantly with E, and judged M–F correlated most with GD, less with M, but not with F. For women but not men, judged M–F correlated strongly (r= .67) with judged physical attractiveness. The current research identified nonverbal cues that correlated with judged and assessed extraversion more successfully than it identified cues that correlated with GD, M, F, and judged M–F. M–F proved to be as observable a trait as extraversion, even though it was judged from different kinds of cues.