Symbolic Interactionism as Affect Control
Published on 4. August 1994
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-7914-2041-6 (ISBN)
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Reviews / Votes
"Symbolic Interactionism as Affect Control is the only readable english-language text that deals with the theoretical implications of Affect Control Theory for people who are qualitatively oriented and not methodologists. It will become required reading in all courses in sociological theory and in the sociology of emotions."The book contains an excellent argument for how Affect Control Theory both relates to historical theory and resolves specific paradoxes in contemporary theoretical approaches. I particularly like the way Dr. MacKinnon has spelled out the seven groups of propositions for Affect Control Theory and the way that he demonstrates that Affect Control Theory integrates the Chicago and Iowa Schools of Symbolic Interaction. I am also impressed with his discussion of culture and emotion theory." - John D. O'Brien, Program in the Measurement of Affect and Affective Processes, Indiana University
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Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Illustrations
Total Illustrations: 0
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7914-2041-6 (9780791420416)
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Person
Neil J. MacKinnon is Professor at the University of Guelph.
Content
Tables and Figures
Foreword by David R. Heise
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Affect Control Theory
Plan of this Book
The Rediscovery of Affect
The Social Psychology of Emotion
Summary
2. Affect Control Theory
Symbols, Language, and Affective Meaning
Cognitive Constraints
Affective Response and Control
Event Assessment
Event Production
Emotions
Cognitive Revisions
Summary
3. Cognition, Affect, and Motivation
Cognition and Affect
Motivation
Summary
4. Affect Control Theory and the Social Psychology of George Herbert Mead
Emotions in Mead's Social Psychology
The Social Psychology of Mead and Affect Control
Summary
5. Identities and Roles
The Conceptual Framework
Two Schools of Role Theory
Identity Theory
Affect Control Theory and Identity Theory
Summary
6. Role Analysis
The Affect Control Model for Role Analysis
Role Analysis
Learning and Accessing Norms
Summary
7. Emotions
The Constructionist Versus Positivist Debate
The Affect Control Theory of Emotions
Emotion Analysis
The Constructionist Versus Positivist Debate and Affect Control Theory
Summary
8. Reidentification
Part I: The Established Model--Attributions and Identity Labels
Part II: The Expanded Model--The Effect of Expressed Emotions on Reidentification Outcomes
Summary
9. Conclusion
Relation to Other Theories
Affect Control Theory as Sociological Explanation
Affect Control Theory as Integrative Social Psychology
Directions for Future Research and Refinement
Summary
Endnotes
References
Index
Foreword by David R. Heise
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Affect Control Theory
Plan of this Book
The Rediscovery of Affect
The Social Psychology of Emotion
Summary
2. Affect Control Theory
Symbols, Language, and Affective Meaning
Cognitive Constraints
Affective Response and Control
Event Assessment
Event Production
Emotions
Cognitive Revisions
Summary
3. Cognition, Affect, and Motivation
Cognition and Affect
Motivation
Summary
4. Affect Control Theory and the Social Psychology of George Herbert Mead
Emotions in Mead's Social Psychology
The Social Psychology of Mead and Affect Control
Summary
5. Identities and Roles
The Conceptual Framework
Two Schools of Role Theory
Identity Theory
Affect Control Theory and Identity Theory
Summary
6. Role Analysis
The Affect Control Model for Role Analysis
Role Analysis
Learning and Accessing Norms
Summary
7. Emotions
The Constructionist Versus Positivist Debate
The Affect Control Theory of Emotions
Emotion Analysis
The Constructionist Versus Positivist Debate and Affect Control Theory
Summary
8. Reidentification
Part I: The Established Model--Attributions and Identity Labels
Part II: The Expanded Model--The Effect of Expressed Emotions on Reidentification Outcomes
Summary
9. Conclusion
Relation to Other Theories
Affect Control Theory as Sociological Explanation
Affect Control Theory as Integrative Social Psychology
Directions for Future Research and Refinement
Summary
Endnotes
References
Index