Front Matter; Introduction; Sentiments; Culture; Sub-Cultures; Defining Situations; Interpreting Actions; Building Actions; Emotions; Changing Sentiments; Selves; Event Likelihood; Optimal Behavior; Optimal Identity; Modifiers; Emotions and Reidentification; Self and Identities; Illustrative Analyses; Programming the Model; Growth of Affect Control Theory; Simulations; Back Matter
Summary
Introduces affect control theory to lay readers of sociology, and guides sociology specialists into the theory's structure. This book provides an exposition of the theory, along with interpretive analysis of situations. It also describes the research program associated with the theory and the computer simulation software that is used in research
Analysis
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-157) and index
