Abstract
The Brief Loquaciousness and Interpersonal Responsiveness Test (BLIRT) measures the extent to which people respond to others quickly and effusively. The BLIRT displays desirable psychometric properties and distinguishes people who should theoretically score high (e.g., car salespersons) from those who should score low (e.g., librarians). Scores on the scale predict (a) the amount and rapidity of people's verbal responses in an unstructured interaction, (b) how likable and competent people's classmates perceive them to be early in the semester, (c) how quickly people respond to an obnoxious cell-phone user and how physiologically aroused they become, and (d) how quickly and emphatically people respond to a series of personal insults as well as their degree of physiological arousal. Converging evidence indicates that blirtatiousness is unique in its ability to amplify people's qualities, making these qualities more readily observable to perceivers.
Keywords
PsychologyInterpersonal communicationArousalCognitionSocial psychologyInterpersonal relationshipInterpersonal interactionPhoneScale (ratio)Test (biology)Neuroscience
MeSH Terms
AdolescentAdultArousalCognitionFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMaleSocial BehaviorSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsVerbal Behavior
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- 81
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- 1160-1175
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William B. Swann,
Peter J. Rentfrow
(2001).
Blirtatiousness: Cognitive, behavioral, and physiological consequences of rapid responding..
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
, 81
(6)
, 1160-1175.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.81.6.1160
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- DOI
- 10.1037/0022-3514.81.6.1160
- PMID
- 11761315