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Small Talk
Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by Devin
Why do people engage in small talk? Here are some possibilities:
- It’s a way to ease into deeper/intense subjects
- To avoid a specific topic
- To avoid talking about themselves
- To get an idea of someone else’s mood
- Because they want to talk to someone, but aren’t sure exactly what to talk about
- To push through the anxiety of starting a conversation
- To read reactions and get a quick assessment of another person
- To create a common tone or mood
It seems that younger children do not small talk much. They seem to get right into what they want to say a good part of the time. Maybe that’s why I like talking to children. Maybe that’s why kids act confused sometimes when grown-ups around them are small-talking instead of really talking.
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