Defecit Model Theorists

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Cards (5)

  • Thorne and Henley (1975)
    Studied interruptions in conversations between women and men who were close, found that men interrupt more.
  • Zimmerman and West (1975)
    White middle class college students u35
    ☆ 11 conversations- men interrupted 46 times, women 2
  • Geoffrey Beattie (1982)
    ☆ Recorded 10 hrs of conversations, found 557 interruptions
    ☆ Women 33.8 men 34.1- almost equal (disproves Zimmerman and West!!)
  • Jennifer Coates (1980s)
    ☆ Men reject topic shifts introduced by women
    ☆ Men discuss 'male topics'
    ☆ Women accept topic shifts introduced by men
    ☆ Women start conversations, less likely to make them succeed
  • William O'Barr and Bowman Atkins (1980s)
    - Challenged Lakoff
    ☆ Studied courtroom language
    ☆Said that Lakoff's ideas don't apply to women but the powerless
    ☆ Changed her ideas to 'powerless language', not 'women's language'