Evaluating the Effect of Listeners' Response on Speakers' Later Recollection and Impression of the Story

Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate a listener's role in speaker's later recollection and impression the story through story‐retelling method. Two experiments were conducted, listener responses manipulated each experiment different ways. Experiment 1 examined effect attitude toward retelling, 2 studied subtle nonverbal reaction specific part story's retelling on that story. Results showed verbal empathetic encouraged more word utterances from speaker, changed narrative content positively, reinforced recollection, especially with positive ideas. It also amplified emotions than non‐empathetic (Experiment 1). However, did not appear have direct upon nor 2).