Effect of backchannel utterances on facilitating idea-generation in Japanese think-aloud tasks.
The relation between backchannel utterance and idea-generation has hardly been studied. Based on preliminary investigations, we formulated a hypothesis that a listener's backchannel utterances facilitate a speaker's idea-generation. This study experimentally manipulated the frequency of backchannel utterances by listeners during speakers' idea-generation for think-aloud tasks. 16 Japanese female undergraduates participated. Analysis indicated that frequent backchannel utterances increased not only the number of ideas generated but also the speaking time for the tasks.
Sannomiya
Machiko
M
Research Center for School Education, Naruto University of Education, Tokushima, Japan. sannomiy@naruto-u.ac.jp
Kawaguchi
Atsuo
A
Yamakawa
Ikue
I
Morita
Yusuke
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003405:Creativity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013067:Speech Perception; D013850:Thinking