In coaction sessions, children sitting closer engaged in more eye contact, laughter and smiling. It is argued that this model is based upon an invalid assumption, namely, that levels of intimacy remain static during interactions.
Humorous laughter is identified as a means of reducing social arousal.
Audience and coaction differences in laughter and smiling and correlational data mirror previous results. Girls tended to engage in more eye contact than did boys. Robert A.C. Stewart , PhD, Editor Soc. for Personality Research. P.O.Box 1539, Palmerston North 5331, New Zealand.