Expressive Order : Confirming Sentiments in Social Actions

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a broad overview of the history of affect control theory and its application in the field of social science, as well as a review of the current state of the art.

Abstract: Preface- Part I Affect Control Theory, Plainly Told- Introduction - Affect control theory- Utility of the Theory - Overview of the Book- Further Readings- Sentiments- Evaluation, Potency, and Activity (EPA)-Measuring EPA - Universality of EPA- Further Readings- Culture- Consensus- Individuality Versus Norms- Measurement Implications- Cultural Stability- Instability or Unreliability? - Variations Across Cultures- Further Readings - Sub-Cultures- Gender- A Pseudo-Sub-Culture- Gendered Traits- Gay Christians - Deviance Sub-Cultures- Non-Normalized Deviants - Occupations- Further Readings- Defining Situations- Identities- Institutions- Cues to Institutions- Selves- Multiple Identities- Identity Modifiers- Further Readings- Interpreting Actions- Action Frames- Institutional Coherence- Affective Processing - Impression Formation- Stability- Behavior Effects- Diminishment- Consistencies- Congruencies- Balance- States of Being - Cross-Cultural Variations- Versus Sentiments-Deflection- Identifying Behaviors - Further Readings - Building Actions-Selecting a Behavior- Social Interaction- Groups - Avoiding Diminishment - Social Roles - Medicine- Law - Work Roles - Macroactions - Informal Roles- Deviance- Interactions With Deviants- Interactions Among Deviants- Further Readings - Emotions - Emotions as Signals- Impressions and Emotions - Characteristic and Structural Emotions - Solidarity - Emotions and Motivation - Stress - Self-Sentiments and Stress - Emotions and Stress - Emotions of Deviants- Further Readings- Changing Sentiments- Re-identification - Identity Filtering- Labeling Deviants - Attribution - Inferences From Emotionality- Identity Fluctuation- Sentiment Change- New Sentiments - Enculturation- Turning Points- Further Readings- Selves- Salient Identities- Commitment and Alienation- Deviance Forays - Deviants - Self-Repugnance - Patterns of Deviance - Self-Fluctuation- Cultural Shifts in Self - Further Readings- Part II Mathematics of Affect Control Theory - Event Likelihood- Optimal Behavior- Incorporating Settings- Self-Directed Action - Optimal Identity- Re-identifying Actors- Re-identifying Object Persons - Modifiers - Emotions- Characteristic Emotion- Attributes- Emotions and Re-identification - Inferences From Mood- Elaborations- Self and Identities- Minimizing Inauthenticity- Illustrative Analyses- Optimal Behavior- Optimal Re-identifications- Emotions and Re-identification- Programming the Model- Organization of Analyses- Emotionality Constraints - Impression-Formation Equations- Selection - Algorithms- Part III Researching Affect Control Theory- Growth of Affect Control Theory- Chronology - Branches- Measurement of Affective Dimensions- Impression Formation- Theory and Mathematics- Self- Computer Programming- Experiments- Emotions- Sub-Cultures, Gender, Ideology- Life Course- Social Structure, Social Change- Politics - Deviance - Language and Arts- Business - Simulations- Conducting Simulations- Define Interactants Form- Define Situation Form- Define Events Form- Analyze Events Form- View Report Form - Other Capabilities - Errors- Different Versions of Interact - Further Readings - Basic Concepts in Affect Control Theory- References - Index