Zimmerman + West

• Date

  1975
• Model

  Agrees with dominance model
• Data

  11 mixed sex conversations between white middle class under 35s
• Methodology

  Listened to conversation and measured interruptions
• Conclusions

  Men dominated conversation by interrupting more frequently
• Criticisms

  Small sample size
• Criticisms

  Only mixed sex conversation
• Criticisms

  Data collected limited as subjects were all white, under 35 and middle class
• Conclusions:

  Dominance model corrects men’s language