ABSTRACT

Through two experimental studies (N = 150), we investigated proxemic behaviors featuring gay/straight dyadic interactions. In doing so, for the first time, we relied on an IR depth camera and considered the interpersonal volume between the interactants, a novel feature that exhaustively captures interactants’ proxemic behaviors. Study 1 revealed that the straight participants’ implicit sexual bias – but not the explicit prejudice – significantly predicted their volume while interacting with a study accomplice who was presented as gay (vs. straight). However, unlike previous research, mixed-model analyses revealed the higher their implicit bias was, the smaller the interpersonal volume that they maintained with the gay study accomplice, especially when the conversation focused on an intergroup-related (vs. neutral) topic. Study 2 was mainly designed to deepen this main finding. Results documented that highly implicitly biased participants who maintained a smaller interpersonal volume with a gay (vs. straight) study accomplice were more cognitively depleted after the interaction than low-biased participants, possibly suggesting that highly implicitly biased straight people can control this nonverbal behavior to appear as nonprejudiced in the gay interactant’s eyes. Implications for research on sexual prejudice and intergroup nonverbal behaviors are discussed.

摘要

通过两项实验研究（N= 150)，我们调查了以同性恋/异性恋二元互动为特征的亲缘关系行为。在这样做时，我们第一次依靠红外深度相机并考虑了交互者之间的人际交往量，这是一种详尽捕捉交互者近距离行为的新颖特征。研究 1 表明，异性恋参与者的内隐性偏见——而非外显偏见——显着预测了他们在与被呈现为同性恋（相对于异性恋）的研究伙伴互动时的音量。然而，与之前的研究不同，混合模型分析显示，他们的隐性偏见越高，他们与同性恋研究伙伴保持的人际交往量就越小，尤其是当谈话集中在与群体相关（相对于中立）的话题上时。研究 2 主要旨在深化这一主要发现。结果表明，与同性恋（相对于异性恋）研究伙伴保持较小人际交往量的高度隐性偏见参与者在互动后比低偏见参与者更容易认知耗尽，这可能表明高度隐性偏见的异性恋者可以控制这种非语言行为以在同性恋互动者眼中显得没有偏见。讨论了性偏见和群体间非语言行为研究的意义。可能暗示高度隐含偏见的异性恋者可以控制这种非语言行为，使其在同性恋互动者眼中显得没有偏见。讨论了性偏见和群体间非语言行为研究的意义。可能暗示高度隐含偏见的异性恋者可以控制这种非语言行为，使其在同性恋互动者眼中显得没有偏见。讨论了性偏见和群体间非语言行为研究的意义。