| dc.description.abstract | Can patterns or redundancies be identified in the
sequences of behaviors that are exchanged between
individuals in social interactions? The present study
directly examined the most controversial form of
complementarity: whether dominant behaviors are
followed by submissive behaviors, and whether
submissive behaviors are followed by dominant
behaviors. We were specifically concerned with recent
claims that complementarity on the dominant -
submissive axis does not exist, and that dominant -
submissive behavior is instead the result of
personality tendencies. Clear evidence was found for
complementarity in relational control behaviors
utilizing appropriate aggregated and sequential
analyses. However, there was also an unexpected
tendency for dominance to evoke further dominant
behaviors. Individual difference tendencies were
correlated with relational control behaviors, but not
as strongly or consistently as predicted. | |
