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In the current study, men's cognitive performance might have decreased because they were busy thinking about the upcoming interaction and their interaction partner.
Relatedly, males may feel anxious when thinking about an upcoming interaction (as Levin did), which may negatively affect cognitive performance (cf. Richeson & Shelton, 2003).
In our article, we suggests that impression management could be a key factor, in that men were preparing for the upcoming interaction (e.g., by thinking of what to say to the woman), or may try to "save" their resources so they could make a good impression in the upcoming interaction.
It is also possible that men felt anxious when thinking about the upcoming interaction or that they chose to allocate less resources to the Stroop task in order to "save" cognitive resources for the actual interaction to be able to make a good impression on their interaction partner later on.
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Most social behaviour observation studies in the social anxiety field used structured social interactions in which participants received instructions about the upcoming social interaction (e.g., getting to know your conversation partner) and participants were aware that they were observed by a video camera.
Anyone who's spent enough time on the Internet knows that an invocation of the First Amendment, or a certain spurious Voltaire quote, is a surefire warning sign of an upcoming unpleasant interaction with an unpleasant person.
This study investigated implicit approach and avoidance tendencies of high and low SAs during neutral circumstances and in anticipation of an upcoming social interaction.
Moreover, we informed the participants that they would meet one of the individuals presented in the Face-Turn AAT in the upcoming social interaction.
So far, three sessions of interpretation training have been found to significantly influence selected high socially anxious children's reported state anxiety about an anticipated upcoming social interaction (Vassilopoulos et al., 2009).
If you find yourself worried about an upcoming social interaction, remember that, no matter how intimidating she may be, the person you have to talk to is a human being, just like you!
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