Simulating symbolic interaction

We describe a program for simulating symbolic interaction. The program processes verbal inputs using empirically‐based equations and a cybernetic theoretical model, while making reference to dictionaries of culture measurements. Results are verbal outputs suggesting what behaviors, emotions, attributions, and labelings will occur in the given situation. The program's structure is described by means of a picto‐graphic algorithm. An illustrative application uses the program with its U.S.A. and German dictionaries to analyze some problems of role directives within multi‐national corporations.

[1]  C. Mcphail.  The myth of the madding crowd , 1991 .

[2]  David R. Heise,et al.  Predicting impressions created by combinations of emotion and social identity , 1989 .

[3]  David R. Heise,et al.  Expectations, intentions, and behavior: Some tests of affect control theory , 1987 .

[4]  Herm Smith,et al.  How Similar Are Impression-Formation Processes Among Japanese and Americans? , 1994 .

[5]  L. Smith-Lovin,et al.  Analyzing Social Interaction: Advances in Affect Control Theory , 1988 .

[6]  Lynn Smith-Lovin,et al.  Impressions of Goodness, Powerfulness, and Liveliness from Discerned Social Events , 1981 .

[7]  H. F. Gollob.  Some tests of a social inference model. , 1974 .

[8]  C. Osgood,et al.  Semantic differential technique : a sourcebook , 1969 .

[9]  L. Smith-Lovin.  THE AFFECTIVE CONTROL OF EVENTS WITHIN SETTINGS , 1987 .

[10]  Murray S. Miron,et al.  Cross-Cultural Universals of Affective Meaning , 1975 .

[11]  Philip Selznick.  Leadership in administration , 1957 .

[12]  D. R. Heise.  Affectual dynamics in simple sentences. , 1969, Journal of personality and social psychology.

[13]  H. F. Gollob.  Impression formation and word combination in sentences. , 1968 .

[14]  C. Hartshorne,et al.  Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce , 1935, Nature.

[15]  Blake E. Ashforth,et al.  Emotional Labor in Service Roles: The Influence of Identity , 1993 .

[16]  David R. Heise,et al.  Impressions of Self-Directed Action* , 1992 .

[17]  S. Stryker,et al.  The Vitalization of Symbolic Interactionism , 1987 .

[18]  David R. Heise,et al.  Modified social identities: Amalgamations, attributions, and emotions , 1987 .

[19]  H. F. Gollob,et al.  Judgments of an actor's Power and ability to influence others , 1973 .

[20]  C. Osgood.  Studies on the generality of affective meaning systems. , 1962 .

[21]  C. Osgood,et al.  The Measurement of Meaning , 1958 .

[22]  R. Kahn,et al.  Organizational Stress: Studies in Role Conflict and Ambiguity. , 1965 .

[23]  S. Grover.  Lying, Deceit, and Subterfuge: A Model of Dishonesty in the Workplace , 1993 .

[24]  D. R. Heise.  Potency dynamics in simple sentences. , 1970 .

[25]  S. Lobel,et al.  Allocation of Investment in Work and Family Roles: Alternative Theories and Implications for Research , 1991 .

[26]  Robert I. Sutton,et al.  Maintaining Norms about Expressed Emotions: The Case of Bill Collectors , 1991 .

[27]  Peter Burke,et al.  The self: Measurement requirements from an interactionist perspective. , 1980 .

[28]  William T. Powers,et al.  Simulating Individual and Collective Action in Temporary Gatherings , 1992 .

[29]  J. Piaget.  The construction of reality in the child , 1954 .

[30]  H. F. Gollob.  The subject-verb-object approach to social cognition. , 1974 .

[31]  E. Weinstein,et al.  Identities and Interactions: An Examination of Human Associations in Everyday Life , 1978 .

[32]  R. Collins.  On the Microfoundations of Macrosociology , 1981, American Journal of Sociology.

[33]  S. Grover,et al.  Why Professionals Lie: The Impact of Professional Role Conflict on Reporting Accuracy , 1993 .

[34]  Lynn Smith-Lovin,et al.  Impressions from events , 1987 .

[35]  L. Smith-Lovin.  Behavior Settings and Impressions Formed from Social Scenarios , 1979 .

[36]  G. Mead.  Mind, Self, and Society: From the Standpoint of a Social Behaviorist (Works of George Herbert Mead, Vol. 1) , 1934 .

[37]  Robert J. House,et al.  Role conflict and ambiguity as critical variables in a model of organizational behavior , 1972 .