Dyadic Computational Model of Rapport Enhancement, Maintenance and Destruction

Abstract

Rapport has been identi ed as an important function of human interaction to increase task performances. In this paper we leverage existing literature and a corpus of peer tutoring data to develop a framework able to explain how humans in dyadic interactions build, maintain, and break rapport through the use of specific conversational strategies that function to fulfil specific social goals, and that are instantiated in particular verbal and nonverbal behaviors.