Albert Mehrabian

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Albert Mehrabian ( Persian آلبرت محرابیان; born in Iran in 1939 ) is an Iranian-American psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of California in Los Angeles . Mehrabian comes from an Armenian family.

Research on non-verbal communication

Outside of scientific psychology, Mehrabian became known for a statement on the importance of nonverbal elements in human communication . According to the so-called 7-38-55 rule, the effect of a message about one's own emotional feeling of liking / dislike, which is contradictory with regard to the components content, vocal or facial expression, is granted 7% by the linguistic content, 38% by the vocal expression and 55% by the body language. In two studies from 1967 in which Mehrabian was involved, positive, neutral and negative words were spoken with positive, neutral and negative expressions, and subjects were played, as well as the neutral word "maybe", spoken in the three expressions, combined with photos of different facial expressions. It was investigated how people associate a statement with contradictions between the spoken word and voice or voice and facial expression. In 1971, Mehrabian determined the relative effectiveness of the three components from this. A general rule for interpersonal communication is often derived from this result.

Works

  • An analysis of personality theories. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1968. (Prentice-Hall psychology series)
  • with Morton Wiener: Language within Language. Immediacy, a Channel in Verbal Communication. Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York 1968.
  • Tactics of social influence. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1970. (Prentice-Hall series in clinical and social psychology and personality)
  • Silent Messages. Implicit Communication of Emotions and Attitudes. 2nd Edition. Wadsworth, Belmont, Calif. 1981, ISBN 0-534-00910-7 . (1st edition. 1971 as Silent Messages )
  • Nonverbal Communication. Aldine Transaction, New Brunswick 2007, ISBN 978-0-202-30966-8 . (1st edition 1972)
  • with James A. Russell: An approach to environmental psychology. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1974, ISBN 0-262-13090-4 .
  • with Sheldon Ksionzky: A theory of affiliation. Heath, Lexington 1974, OCLC 16284232 .
  • Everyday spaces. How the environment determines our behavior. Abridged new edition. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-593-33796-7 . (Series Campus 1015) (German first edition 1978 as spaces of everyday life or how the environment determines our behavior / Günter Seib (transl.); Original edition Public places and private spaces. The psychology of work, play, and living environments. Basic books, New York 1976)
  • Basic behavior modification. Human Sciences Press, New York 1978, ISBN 0-87705-322-7 . (New vistas in counseling series 9)
  • Basic dimensions for a general psychological theory. Implications for personality, social, environmental, and developmental studies. Oelschlager, Gunn & Hain, Cambridge, Mass. 1980, ISBN 0-89946-004-6 .
  • Eating characteristics and temperament. General measures and interrelationships. Springer, New York 1987, ISBN 0-387-96510-6 .
  • The name game. The decision that lasts a lifetime. National Press Books, Bethesda, MD 1990, ISBN 0-915765-75-6 .
  • The balanced emotional empathy scale: BEES. Mehrabian, Monterey, CA 1996.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Albert Mehrabian, Morton Wiener: Decoding of Inconsistent Communications. In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 6, (1967), No. 1, pp. 109-114.
  2. ^ Albert Mehrabian, Susan Ferris: Inference of Attitudes from Nonverbal Communication in Two Channels. In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 31, (1967), No. 3, pp. 248-252.
  3. ↑ In Silent Messages. See works.
personal data
SURNAME Mehrabian, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian-American psychologist and professor emeritus
DATE OF BIRTH 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Iran