Verbal IQ not correlated with talkativeness. Verbel IQ correlates with pauses before talking
verbal aptitude appears to be unrelated to talkativeness. This finding is unexpected because this study and much prior research (see Bass, 1981) have found both verbal ability and talkativeness to be related to leadership. The results of this study are consistent with Matarazzo et al. 's (1975) failure to find a relationship between verbal IQ and vocalization measures in peer-peer dyads.
The second surprising finding is that verbal aptitude appears to be related to silence, specifically the time spent in the pauses between vocalizations. One possible explanation is that the speaker is thinking during these periods of silence and that individuals with greater verbal aptitude are more likely to ensure that their speech is correct by pausing to think about it.
verbal aptitude appears to be unrelated to talkativeness. This finding is unexpected because this study and much prior research (see Bass, 1981) have found both verbal ability and talkativeness to be related to leadership. The results of this study are consistent with Matarazzo et al. 's (1975) failure to find a relationship between verbal IQ and vocalization measures in peer-peer dyads.
The second surprising finding is that verbal aptitude appears to be related to silence, specifically the time spent in the pauses between vocalizations. One possible explanation is that the speaker is thinking during these periods of silence and that individuals with greater verbal aptitude are more likely to ensure that their speech is correct by pausing to think about it.
