Some contributions of action theory to social psychology: Social action and actors in the context of institutions and an objective world
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Some contributions of action theory to social psychology : Social action and actors in the context of institutions and an objective world. / Sabini, John; Frese, Michael; Kossman, Debra A.
Goal Directed Behavior: The Concept of Action in Psychology. Hrsg. / Michael Frese; John Sabini. London : Taylor and Francis Inc., 1985. S. 249-257.Publikation: Beiträge in Sammelwerken › Kapitel
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T1 - Some contributions of action theory to social psychology
T2 - Social action and actors in the context of institutions and an objective world
AU - Sabini, John
AU - Frese, Michael
AU - Kossman, Debra A.
PY - 1985/1/1
Y1 - 1985/1/1
N2 - This chapter points out relations between action theory and social psychology. An expectancy-value analysis of the Milgram experiment suggests that subjects calculated obedience as the most desirable action given their values. Exchange theory suggests that actors must not only keep track of their options, but must also keep track of the options of the people with whom they are interacting. Action theory has striking implications for the “person-perception” literature. The effective force behind social movements is a shared understanding of the social situation. The skills and shared understandings needed for collective action may have to be developed over time; for example, many successful revolutions and social movements have been “practiced”. Action theory’s ability to handle different, but objective, representations of the same situation has implications for the personality-situation controversy. Action theory can allow people to have different understandings of the same situation without resorting, at least immediately, to tautology.
AB - This chapter points out relations between action theory and social psychology. An expectancy-value analysis of the Milgram experiment suggests that subjects calculated obedience as the most desirable action given their values. Exchange theory suggests that actors must not only keep track of their options, but must also keep track of the options of the people with whom they are interacting. Action theory has striking implications for the “person-perception” literature. The effective force behind social movements is a shared understanding of the social situation. The skills and shared understandings needed for collective action may have to be developed over time; for example, many successful revolutions and social movements have been “practiced”. Action theory’s ability to handle different, but objective, representations of the same situation has implications for the personality-situation controversy. Action theory can allow people to have different understandings of the same situation without resorting, at least immediately, to tautology.
KW - Business psychology
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U2 - 10.4324/9781003150749-19
DO - 10.4324/9781003150749-19
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85119232169
SN - 9780367713980
SP - 249
EP - 257
BT - Goal Directed Behavior
A2 - Frese, Michael
A2 - Sabini, John
PB - Taylor and Francis Inc.
CY - London
ER -