On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:08:55 -0700, Michael Britt wrote: > >Mike: you are too much. > >Thanks for the reference. Knew you would find something! If I use this on the >podcast I'll be sure to thank you (along with a mispronunciation of your last >name no doubt...Pa-lay" right?)
No, it's "Throatwarbler Mangrove"; see: "throat warbler mangrove" ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] On Aug 7, 2012, at 9:59 AM, Michael Palij wrote: > On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:22:21 -0700, Michael Britt wrote: >> >> While watching the olympics yesterday my wife and I noticed that while the >> women teams celebrate victory with repeated hugging and lots of smiles and >> eye >> contact, male teams hug once, little eye contact and then perhaps a few high >> fives. >> >> I can see a Master's thesis on this. Something like "Celebratory Behavior >> Among Olympic Athletes". Our observations are, of course, unscientific, so >> it >> would be interesting to see what a more rigorous study would find as well as >> what might be found across cultures. With my luck, it's probably been done >> already. Dr. Palij? > > You tawkin' to me? You mean something like dis? > > Kneidinger, Linda M., Maple, Terry L., & Tross, Stuart A. ( 2001-03-01) > Touching Behavior in Sport: Functional Components, Analysis of Sex > Differences, > and Ethological Considerations > Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 25(1), 43-62. > Url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1006785107778 > Doi: 10.1023/A:1006785107778 > > Abstract: Little research exists regarding sex differences in touching > behavior in sport or recreational settings. This study investigates sex > differences in amounts, types, and factors influencing same-sex > touching in a sport context. Subjects were 119 members of four men's > college varsity baseball teams and 52 members of three women's > college varsity softball teams. All touches performed on-field between > team members were recorded and classified using an ethogram > designed for this study. As hypothesized, statistically significant > differences were found in the following areas: females performed > more touching behaviors than males, almost half of the behavior types > observed were performed more frequently by one sex than the other, > males performed touching behaviors more frequently at away than > home games, females performed touching behaviors more frequently > at home than away games, and females performed more touching > behaviors than males after negative game events. The findings and > implications are discussed in relation to the touching behavior > literature, ethology, and comparative psychology. > > Now, the above article was published in 2001, so I assume that there > has been some follow up research (I didn't find anything but I wasn't > trying real hard). I also think that for amateur sports, the NCAA > might have some rules about "celebratory behavior". Even so, > I don't know for sure but I assume that certain kinds of touching > (e.g., high-fiving or variations) are used as team-building exercises > to keep team members interacting with each other -- but someone > who really knows sports psychology may know all about this. > > With respect to the Olympics, I watch only certain events, typically > Women's Beach Volleyball and I do notice the touching there. ;-) > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > P.S. Re: men's basketball: Lithuania? WTF!!?? ;-) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=19544 or send a blank email to leave-19544-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
