Investigated the causal direction of the relationships between interaction rate and liking ratings received and between interaction rate and leadership ratings received. A study was conducted with 30 female undergraduates in which interaction rate was manipulated, and then leadership and liking ratings were obtained. Leadership was found to be a monotonic increasing function of interaction rate, while liking was an inverted -shaped function of interaction rate. (25 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)