Abstract
An experimental comparison of same- and mixed-sex dyads was conducted to investigate the relationship of interpersonal attraction and dyad sex composition to performance and nonperformance experimental outcomes. Ninety dyads each performed one verbal and one quantitative problem-solving task. Significant differences in speed of performance were found for dyad sex composition, but not for attraction. Attraction had its strongest impact on dyadic satisfaction, a non-performance outcome of the experiment. Among the all-female dyads racial composition of the dyad was significantly related to satisfaction: interracial dyads had higher levels of satisfaction than intraracial dyads. The results fail to demonstrate a significant association between attraction and performance, but do confirm that attraction and satisfaction are related, an assumption of the social exchange framework.
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