Table of Contents -- Introduction -- AS & SET are Practical -- A Survey of Conversational Style -- Address -- Self-Disclosure -- Seating -- Eye-Contact -- Touch -- AS & SET are Helpful -- AS & SET are Scientific -- *** A Note to the Reader -- Address -- Practical -- The Survey Question -- The Survey Responses -- Health Care -- Scientific -- Ethnicity -- Nigeria: Yoruba speakers -- USA: Blacks and Whites -- China: Honorifics -- Gender -- Sexism in College -- Sexism in Restaurants -- Male Solidarity -- Relationship -- The Interpersonal Context -- A Business Context -- A Church Context -- Self-Disclosure -- Practical -- The Survey Question -- The Survey Responses -- Health Care -- Scientific -- Ethnicity -- USA vs. Russia -- Greeks, Greek Americans, and Americans -- East Asians in the U.S. -- Gender -- The Counseling Context -- First Impressions -- Responses to Self-Disclosure -- Relationship -- Getting Acquainted -- Intimacy -- Relationship Satisfaction -- Seating -- Practical -- The Survey Questions -- The Survey Responses -- Health Care -- Scientific -- Ethnicity -- Asians, Caucasians, and "Latins" -- USA: Blacks and Whites -- Three European Countries -- Gender -- Face-to-Face vs. Side-by-Side -- Head of the Table Trumps Gender -- Sexist Discrimination -- Relationship -- Amount of Conversation -- Social Status (1) -- Homophobia -- Eye-Contact -- Practical -- The Survey Questions -- The Survey Responses -- Health Care -- Scientific -- Ethnicity -- USA: Blacks and Whites -- Black Students and White Teachers -- Pakistanis -- Gender -- The Visual Dominance Ratio -- Visual Attention -- Other Directed Gaze -- Relationship -- Romantic Partners vs. Friends -- Compliance with a Request (Eye-Contact) -- Approachability -- Touch -- Practical -- The Survey Question -- The Survey Responses -- Health Care -- Scientific -- Ethnicity.

Contact and Non-Contact Cultures (1) -- Contact and Non-Contact Cultures (2) -- USA, Chile, and Malaysia -- Gender -- Compliance with a Request (Touch/Gender) -- Gratuities -- Heart Rate -- Relationship -- Credibility & Attraction -- Social Status (2) -- Compliance with a Request (Touch/Relationship) -- Summary -- Address-Health Care -- Address-Ethnicity -- Nigeria: Yoruba Speakers -- USA: Blacks and Whites (Address) -- China: Honorifics -- Address-Gender -- Sexism in College -- Sexism in Restaurants -- Male Solidarity: "Dude" -- Address-Relationship -- The Interpersonal Context -- A Business Context -- A Church Context -- Self-Disclosure-Health Care -- Self-Disclosure-Ethnicity -- U.S. vs. Russia -- Greeks, Greek Americans, & Americans -- East Asians in the U.S. -- Self-Disclosure- Gender -- The Counseling Context -- First Impressions -- Responses to Self-Disclosure -- Self-Disclosure-Relationship -- Getting Acquainted -- Intimacy -- Relationship Satisfaction -- Seating-Health Care -- Seating-Ethnicity -- Asians, Caucasians, and Latinos -- USA: Blacks and Whites (Seating) -- Three European Countries -- Seating-Gender -- Face-to-Face vs. Side-by-Side -- Head of the Table Trumps Gender -- Sexist Discrimination -- Seating-Relationship -- Amount of Conversation -- Social Status (1) -- Homophobia -- Eye-Contact-Health Care -- Eye-Contact-Ethnicity -- USA: Blacks and Whites (Eye-Contact) -- Black Students and White Teachers -- Pakistanis -- Eye-Contact-Gender -- The Visual Dominance Ratio -- Visual Attention -- Other-Directed Gaze -- Eye- Contact. Relationship -- Romantic Partners vs. Friends -- Compliance with a Request (Eye-Contact) -- Approachability -- Touch-Health Care -- Touch-Ethnicity -- Contact and Non-Contact Cultures (1) -- Contact and Non-Contact Cultures (2) -- USA, Chile, and Malaysia -- Touch-Gender.

Compliance with a Request (Touch/Gender) -- Gratuities -- Heart Rate -- Touch-Relationship -- Credibility & Attraction -- Social Status (2) -- Compliance with a Request (Touch/Relationship) -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.