Hackney (1974) found female subjects responded with progressively greater amounts of affect plus self-reference statements when the nonverbal stimulus of head nod plus smile was provided by same sex stimulus models in a quasi-interview setting. This study replicated Hackney's (1974) methodology and added the factor of race. Subjects were 66 volunteer males incarcerated at a Federal correctional institution who were between 19 and 29 years old. The stimulus models were four graduate students: a white male, a white female, a black male, and a black female. The study used a 2x2x2 factorial analysis of variance with two levels of facial gestures as one factor, race as a second factor, and sex as a third factor. Subjects' verbal responses during a 5-minute quasi-interview session were scored by two raters for affect plus self-reference units. The three-way analysis of variance indicated there was no significant difference in production of affect plus self-reference units between groups who viewed a black model and those who viewed a white model. The findings suggest that for black males in a correctional institution the degree to which they explore themselves is somewhat dependent on the sex of the listener. Study instruments and data and references are provided. (Author abstract modified)