Status
by educ95si
An example of projecting high status with eye contact. Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) talks to Agent Starling ( Jodie Foster)
George Bush talking about his future in politics. See if you can observe anything. I don’t have anything that you’re supposed to find, just putting this here for you to consider.
Lady GaGa on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Put your observations in the comments.
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President Bush seems to be showing extremely high status by his nonchalance and ease in his situation. In contrast, Lady Gaga has a mixture of high and low status; it almost looks like she’s a high status person putting on low status, or vice versa. Although she plays with her hair, looks down, and sometimes has a weak voice during the interview, she also struts in, changes the subject on the host a few times, and holds her ground. Like with most of her appearances, it’s hard to tell which parts are genuine and which parts are the act, although it’s guaranteed that she’s thought carefully about all of them.
The most interesting role here seems to be the host or interviewer. They need to show that they have adequate status to be there in the room with the interviewee, but they’re also actively trying to make the person they’re interviewing feel comfortable and reveal higher status traits.