Analyzing Social Interaction: Advances in Affect Control Theory

ISBN-13: 9780677217802 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 192 str.

Lynn Smith-Lovin; David R. Heise

Opis

Affect control theory asserts that people interpret their social experiences in such a way as to confirm sentiments they already hold about the people with whom they are interacting. This work describes a variety of tests, using both experimental and survey data, that demonstrate the accuracy of the theory's predictions of behaviour. The authors expand the theory to cover such topics as emotions, attributional processes, establishment of identity, and the impact of locations on social interaction. They also show how the theory can be explored through a powerful computer simulation that predicts behaviour based on brief descriptions of the actors within a social setting.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Affect Control Theory: Concepts and Model, David R. Heise; Chapter 2 *Collection and analyses of U.S. data were supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grant No. 1-R01-MH29978–01-SSR. Analyses of Belfast data were supported by National Science Foundation Grant No. SES-8122089. The author wishes to thank Christine P. Averett, David R. Heise, Bernadette P. Smith, Richard Sands, Beverly A. Wiggins and Dennis Willigan for extensive work on study design, data collection and processing. J. Miller McPherson and David R. Heise provided helpful comments on the manuscript., Lynn Smith-Lovin; Chapter 3 *Collection and analyses of data were supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grant No. 1-RO1-MH29978–01–SSR. The author thanks David R. Heise and J. Miller McPherson for helpful comments on the manuscript., Lynn Smith-Lovin; Chapter 4 Modified Social Identities: Amalgamations, Attributions, and Emotions, Christine Averett, David R. Heise; Chapter 5 Affective Bases of Likelihood Judgments, David R. Heise, Neil J. Mackinnon; Chapter 6 Expectations, Intentions, and Behavior: Some Tests of Affect Control Theory, Wiggins Beverly, David R. Heise; Chapter 7 *The author would like to thank David R. Heise, J. Miller McPherson and John V. Skvoretz for helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper., Lynn Smith-Lovin;

O autorze

Lynn Smith-Lovin Department of Sociology University of South Carolina. David R. Heise Department of Sociology Indiana University.