jan 1, 2003 - Beattie critises Argyle

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Beattie (2003) notes, participants watched the same person delivering nine message-delivery style combinations.

Unlike everyday life

Participants may have responded as they did because they have worked out the rationale of the study not because that is how they would in a non-experimental situation.

Do people really tell others that they “ don’t much enjoy meeting” them?
- If delivered in a friendly style perhaps sounds like a joke?

Beattie’s (2003) suggested alternative unfriendly message “would you mind leaving” – perhaps less easily dismissed as a joke if delivered in a friendly style.