Symbolic Interactionism as Affect Control (Sociology Emotions (Dis))

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

Symbols, Language, and Affective Meaning
Cognitive Constraints
Affective Response and Control
Event Assessment
Event Production
Emotions
Cognitive Revisions
Summary

Cognition and Affect
Motivation
Summary

Emotions in Mead’s Social Psychology
The Social Psychology of Mead and Affect Control
Summary

The Conceptual Framework
Two Schools of Role Theory
Identity Theory
Affect Control Theory and Identity Theory
Summary

The Affect Control Model for Role Analysis
Role Analysis
Learning and Accessing Norms
Summary

The Constructionist Versus Positivist Debate
The Affect Control Theory of Emotions
Emotion Analysis
The Constructionist Versus Positivist Debate and Affect Control Theory
Summary

Part I: The Established Model-Attributions and Identity Labels
Part II: The Expanded Model-The Effect of Expressed Emotions on Reidentification Outcomes
Summary

Relation to Other Theories
Affect Control Theory as Sociological Explanation
Affect Control Theory as Integrative Social Psychology
Directions for Future Research and Refinement
Summary