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- 00055200 created "c2001.".
- 00055200 date "2001".
- 00055200 date "c2001.".
- 00055200 dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- 00055200 description "Machine generated contents note: PART 1 The General Theory of Action -- 1 SOME FUNDAMENTAL CATEGORIES OF THE THEORY OF ACTION: -- A GENERAL STATEMENT 3 -- Talcott Parsons, Edward A Shils, Gordon W. Allport, Clyde -- Kluckhohn, Henry A. Murray, Robert R. Sears, Richard C. -- Sheldon, Samuel A. Stouffer, Edward C. Tolman -- (1) Introduction. (2) The frame of reference of the theory of action. (3) -- Some fundamentals of behaviour psychology. (4) Interaction and the -- development of personality. (5) Cultural aspects of action systems. (6) -- The social system. A note on the place of economic theory and political -- theory in the general theory of action. -- 2 SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THEORY IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 30 -- Richard C. Sheldon -- PART 2 Values, Motives, and Systems of Action -- Talcott Parsons, Edward A. Shils, with the assistance of James Olds -- INTRODUCTION 47 -- 1 CATEGORIES OF THE ORIENTATION AND ORGANIZATION OF ACTInON. 53 -- Action and its orientation. Components of the frame of reference -- of the theory of action. Commentary on the frame of reference. -- Classification of objects. Orientation to the situation. Dilemmas of -- orientation and the pattern variables. The definition of pattern -- variables. The interrelations of the pattern variables. Classification -- of need-dispositions and role-expectations. Classification of com- -- ponents of the object situation. The basic structure of the interac -- tive relationship. The concept of system and the classification of -- types of systems. -- 2 PERSONALITY AS A SYSTEM OF ACTION 110 -- Motivational concepts. Need-dispositions. Functional prerequisites -- of the personality system. Learning processes and performance -- processes. The mechanisms. Subintegrations in the personality sys- -- tem. The articulation of personality and social systems. Need-dis- -- postions and role-expectations. Individuality. Deviance. -- 3 SYSTEMS OF VALUE-ORIENTATION159 -- The place of value-orientation patterns in the organization of cul- -- ture. The classification of the elements of culture. Cognitive sym- -- bols. Expensive symbols. Evaluative symbols. Pattern consistency -- and sources of strain. The integration of systems of value-orienta- -- tions into the social system. Systems of personal values. The prob- -- lem of classification of value systems. -- 4 THE SOCIAL SYSTEM190 -- Major features and prerequisites. The foci of organization. The -- allocation of rewards. The integration of the social system. Classifi- -- cation of social systems and their components: structural types. The -- content of roles. Integration: consensus and power. The analysis of -- social structure. Motivation and the dynamics of social process. The -- problem of social change. -- 5 CONCLUSION234 -- Figures 1-15, Pages 247-275 -- INDEX277.".
- 00055200 extent "xxiv, 282 p. :".
- 00055200 identifier "0765807181 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- 00055200 identifier 00055200.html.
- 00055200 isPartOf "Social science classics series".
- 00055200 isPartOf "Social science classics".
- 00055200 issued "2001".
- 00055200 issued "c2001.".
- 00055200 language "eng".
- 00055200 publisher "New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers,".
- 00055200 subject "301 21".
- 00055200 subject "Functionalism (Social sciences)".
- 00055200 subject "HM484 .T68 2001".
- 00055200 subject "Social systems.".
- 00055200 tableOfContents "Machine generated contents note: PART 1 The General Theory of Action -- 1 SOME FUNDAMENTAL CATEGORIES OF THE THEORY OF ACTION: -- A GENERAL STATEMENT 3 -- Talcott Parsons, Edward A Shils, Gordon W. Allport, Clyde -- Kluckhohn, Henry A. Murray, Robert R. Sears, Richard C. -- Sheldon, Samuel A. Stouffer, Edward C. Tolman -- (1) Introduction. (2) The frame of reference of the theory of action. (3) -- Some fundamentals of behaviour psychology. (4) Interaction and the -- development of personality. (5) Cultural aspects of action systems. (6) -- The social system. A note on the place of economic theory and political -- theory in the general theory of action. -- 2 SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THEORY IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 30 -- Richard C. Sheldon -- PART 2 Values, Motives, and Systems of Action -- Talcott Parsons, Edward A. Shils, with the assistance of James Olds -- INTRODUCTION 47 -- 1 CATEGORIES OF THE ORIENTATION AND ORGANIZATION OF ACTInON. 53 -- Action and its orientation. Components of the frame of reference -- of the theory of action. Commentary on the frame of reference. -- Classification of objects. Orientation to the situation. Dilemmas of -- orientation and the pattern variables. The definition of pattern -- variables. The interrelations of the pattern variables. Classification -- of need-dispositions and role-expectations. Classification of com- -- ponents of the object situation. The basic structure of the interac -- tive relationship. The concept of system and the classification of -- types of systems. -- 2 PERSONALITY AS A SYSTEM OF ACTION 110 -- Motivational concepts. Need-dispositions. Functional prerequisites -- of the personality system. Learning processes and performance -- processes. The mechanisms. Subintegrations in the personality sys- -- tem. The articulation of personality and social systems. Need-dis- -- postions and role-expectations. Individuality. Deviance. -- 3 SYSTEMS OF VALUE-ORIENTATION159 -- The place of value-orientation patterns in the organization of cul- -- ture. The classification of the elements of culture. Cognitive sym- -- bols. Expensive symbols. Evaluative symbols. Pattern consistency -- and sources of strain. The integration of systems of value-orienta- -- tions into the social system. Systems of personal values. The prob- -- lem of classification of value systems. -- 4 THE SOCIAL SYSTEM190 -- Major features and prerequisites. The foci of organization. The -- allocation of rewards. The integration of the social system. Classifi- -- cation of social systems and their components: structural types. The -- content of roles. Integration: consensus and power. The analysis of -- social structure. Motivation and the dynamics of social process. The -- problem of social change. -- 5 CONCLUSION234 -- Figures 1-15, Pages 247-275 -- INDEX277.".
- 00055200 title "Toward a general theory of action : theoretical foundations for the social sciences / Talcott Parsons & Edward A. Shils ; with a new introduction by Neil J. Smelser.".
- 00055200 type "text".