Toward a Taxonomy of Interpersonal Sensitivity

By Frank J. Bernieri. 2001

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Reading your Counterpart: The Benefit of Emotion Recognition Accuracy for Effectiveness in Negotiation (2006, background): “…sensitivity—defined as ‘‘the ability to sense, perceive accurately, and respond appropriately to one’s personal, interpersonal, and social environment’’ (Bernieri 2001, p. 3)—the recognition of emotional states from nonverbal expressions is one of many categories of interpersonal judgments that…”
Psychosocial Correlates of Interpersonal Sensitivity: A Meta-Analysis (2009, background): “Interpersonal sensitivity (IS) is a broad construct that can include both perceiving others accurately and engaging in interpersonally appropriate behavior (Bernieri 2001).”
Carrying too Heavy a Load? The Communication and Miscommunication of Emotion by Email (2008, background): “Social cognition researchers argue that people need to understand each other with enough accuracy to direct their actions and interactions with one another (Bernieri, 2001; Fiske, 1993).”
Getting a Cue: The Need to Belong and Enhanced Sensitivity to Social Cues (2004, background): “Second, the extant literature on interpersonal sensitivity (e.g., Bernieri, 2001) provides no evidence that heightened social sensitivity creates a greater desire for belonging.”