any new topics; of topics; follow-up once initiated; follow-up frequent extensions of facilitates partner comments are comments are seldom comments are topics once initiated; topic initiation. unrelated to previous related to previous occasionally related to follow-up comments Provides fluent, topics. topics. previous topics. are frequently related seamless, and to previous topics. innovative extensions of topics once initiated. Affect Displays no smiles or Provides almost no Provides only occasional Provides several verbal Provides frequent but laughter, or displays verbal encouragement verbal encouragement encouragement or coherently timed constant hysterical or agreements, or or agreements. Displays agreements. Displays encouragements or laughter or constant provides it almost occasional smiles or occasional smiles or agreements. Displays smirking, regardless of constantly. Displays laughter in response to laughter in response to frequent smiles or partner stimulus. infrequent smiles or humorous stimuli. humorous stimuli, laughter in response Completely avoids eye laughter, or displays Provides occasional eye and/or as positive to humorous stimuli, contact, or exhibits frequent hysterical contact of brief duration reinforcement to and/or as positive fixated or continuous laughter or constant at points of turn partner. Provides reinforcement to eye contact with smirking, almost relevance. Uses some frequent eye contact of partner. Provides partner. Continuously regardless of partner humor that is not brief duration both frequent eye contact serious and humorless, stimulus. Frequently apparently sanctioned during turns at talk and that emphasizes vocal or uses humor that avoids eye contact, or negatively. at points of turn utterances and receives overt negative exhibits very frequent or relevance. Uses several facilitates turn sanction (e.g., frowns, long durations of eye instances of humor exchange. Uses statements of contact with partner. with no negative frequent instances of inappropriateness, lack Generally serious and sanctions and obvious humor with no of laughter in response humorless, or uses laugh or smile negative sanctions to laugh tokens, etc.). humor that receives responses. and frequent and/or apparent but not animated laugh and obvious negative smile responses. sanction.
any new topics; comments are unrelated to previous topics. of topics; follow-up comments are seldom related to previous topics. once initiated; follow-up comments are occasionally related to previous topics. frequent extensions of topics once initiated; follow-up comments are frequently related to previous topics. facilitates partner topic initiation. Provides fluent, seamless, and innovative extensions of topics once initiated. Affect Displays no smiles or laughter, or displays constant hysterical laughter or constant smirking, regardless of partner stimulus. Completely avoids eye contact, or exhibits fixated or continuous eye contact with partner. Continuously serious and humorless, or uses humor that receives overt negative sanction (e.g., frowns, statements of inappropriateness, lack of laughter in response to laugh tokens, etc.). Provides almost no verbal encouragement or agreements, or provides it almost constantly. Displays infrequent smiles or laughter, or displays frequent hysterical laughter or constant smirking, almost regardless of partner stimulus. Frequently avoids eye contact, or exhibits very frequent or long durations of eye contact with partner. Generally serious and humorless, or uses humor that receives apparent but not obvious negative sanction. Provides only occasional verbal encouragement or agreements. Displays occasional smiles or laughter in response to humorous stimuli. Provides occasional eye contact of brief duration at points of turn relevance. Uses some humor that is not apparently sanctioned negatively. Provides several verbal encouragement or agreements. Displays occasional smiles or laughter in response to humorous stimuli, and/or as positive reinforcement to partner. Provides frequent eye contact of brief duration both during turns at talk and at points of turn relevance. Uses several instances of humor with no negative sanctions and obvious laugh or smile responses. Provides frequent but coherently timed encouragements or agreements. Displays frequent smiles or laughter in response to humorous stimuli, and/or as positive reinforcement to partner. Provides frequent eye contact that emphasizes vocal utterances and facilitates turn exchange. Uses frequent instances of humor with no negative sanctions and frequent and/or animated laugh and smile responses.
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