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1. From Individuals to Group Members: A Dialectic for the Social Sciences.- Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft.- Dialectical Trends in Role Theory.- Dialectical Trends in Personality.- Dialectical Trends in Group Theory.- Conclusions.- 2. The Origin and Maintenance of Social Roles: The Case of Sex Roles.- Social Structures and Intentional Action.- The Case of Sex Roles.- Conclusions.- 3. Social Roles as Interaction Competencies.- Social Action as a Process of Commodity Exchange.- Structural Frames as Conditions of the Possibility of Face-To-Face Interaction.- Social Roles as Sets of Interaction Competencies.- 4. Determinants of Responsiveness in Dyadic Interaction.- The Nature of Responsiveness.- Consequences of Responsiveness.- Personality and Situational Determinants of the Reactions to Unresponsiveness.- Determinants of Responsiveness.- Attention.- Communication Accuracy.- Response Repertoire.- Motivation.- Conclusions.- 5. Personality and Nonverbal Involvement: A Functional Analysis.- Functions of Nonverbal Behavior.- Nonverbal Involvement and Functional Classification.- Personality Correlates of Nonverbal Involvement.- Functional Analysis of Normal Personality Differences.- Summary.- 6. The Forms of Social Awareness.- Awareness of the Social World.- The Representation of Persons in Thought.- The Instigation of Awareness Forms.- The Social Consequences of Awareness Forms.- Conclusion.- 7. Commitment, Identity Salience, and Role Behavior: Theory and Research Example.- Symbolic Interaction and Identity Theory.- Conclusion.- 8. Loss and Human Connection: An Exploration into the Nature of the Social Bond.- Attachment, Grief, and Loss.- Threads of Human Connectedness.- Patterns of Connectedness and Directions for Research.- 9. Changing Roles, Goals, and Self-Conceptions: Process and Results in a Program for Women’s Employment.- Nature and Scope of the Problem.- Nature of the Career Options Program at Houston Community College.- Characteristics of the Program Participants.- Results: Changes in Self-Conceptions and Development of Occupational Plans During the Program.- Antecedents of Change in the Self-Conception Dimensions.- Summary, Conclusions, and Implications.- 10. Discretionary Justice: Influences of Social Role, Personality, and Social Situation.- The Phenomenon of Discretionary Justice.- A Framework for Understanding Discretionary Justice.- Research Paradigms for Explaining Discretionary Justice.- Studies of Discretionary Justice.- Concluding Thoughts on Analyzing Discretionary Justice.- 11. A Basic Paradigm for the Study of Personality, Roles, and Social Behavior.- Birth of a Paradigm.- Description of the Paradigm.- Specific Applications.- A Preliminary Evaluation.- Additional Applications and Extensions.- Author Index.