Symbolic Interactionism as Affect Control / Edition 1

by Neil J. MacKinnon

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791420423
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	07/22/1994
Series:	SUNY series in The Sociology of Emotions
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Neil J. MacKinnon is Professor at the University of Guelph.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

"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

From the Publisher

A treatment of affect control theory, which holds that people try to manage their experiences so that their immediate feelings about people, actions, and settings affirm long-term sentiments. Includes the first propositional formulations of the theory, traces its roots to other social psychological issues, and interprets the complex quantitative model and empirical materials without resorting to mathematical or statistical discourse. Of interest to readers in any of the social sciences. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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