Introduction to Affect Control Theory

Francis, Clare A.

doi:10.1007/978-1-137-10809-8_6

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“…Via connections like this, data generated e.g. by affect control experiments in social psychology [7] may be used to monitor the effect of media events or social policy on objective measures of community health. If we focus on the way that behavioral resources (rather than perceptual attention) are directed toward community correlations, this same integrative strategy may also be put to use in studying the behavioral ecology of animal communities centered more around genetically rather than culturally transmitted codes.…”

Section: Applications In Social Psychologymentioning

confidence: 99%

A simplex model for layered niche networks

Fraundorf

2008

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The standing crop of correlations in metazoan communities may be assessed by an inventory of niche structures focused inward and outward from the physical boundaries of skin (self ), gene-pool (family), and meme-pool (culture). We consider tracking the progression from three and four correlation layers in many animal communities, to five of six layers for the shared adaptation of most humans, with an attention-slice model that maps the niche-layer focus of individuals onto the 6-variable space of a 5-simplex. The measure puts questions about the effect, on culture and species, of policy and natural events into a common context, and may help explore the impact of electronically mediated codes on community health.

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Section: Applications In Social Psychologymentioning

confidence: 99%

A simplex model for layered niche networks

Fraundorf

2008

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“…Translation by intertextuality starts from the semiotic conviction that translation should trace "the allusion of a text to some other text" (Danesi, 1998, p. 286). Affect control theorists seem to agree on the tradition's classics (Francis, 2006;Heise, 2007;. In 1979, Heise published "Understanding Events."…”

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“…Second, the appraisal of an event, its categorization, or label, influences the affective impact of the event (Smith-Lovin, 1990), and appraisal considers three dimensions: evaluation, power, and activity. Third, people seek to create events that maintain consistency between fundamental sentiments and their moment-to-moment feelings (Francis, 2006). Fourth, people manage their emotions and conform to emotion norms by effecting culturally acceptable emotion displays (Heise & O'Brien, 1993) and, fifth, emotions signal spontaneously the actor's success or failure in confirming fundamental sentiments and complying with norms (Francis, 2006).…”

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“…Affect control theorists rely on several root metaphors. Borrowing from Mead, the person is compared to a control system (Francis, 2006;Heise, 1979;MacKinnon, 1994). The person uses cybernetic processes, such as those in a house's cooling system.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…From these dictionaries, individuals select relevant symbols to quickly orient themselves to a variety of situations. Affect control theorists inspired by this root metaphor have studied the United States and compiled its dictionary with EPA ratings for 500 social identities, 500 social behaviors, 300 emotion and trait terms, and 300 social settings (Francis, 2006).…”

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Using A Semiotic Metatheory for Theory Understanding, Appraisal, and Use: An Illustrative Social Work Translation of the Affect Control Theory of Emotions

Forte

2007

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Charles Sanders Peirce’s creed, “Do Not Block Inquiry,” and his triadic model of the signs serve as the base for a semiotic metatheory of science and scientific theory. Semioticians characterize science as a universe of diverse sign systems, and scientists as members of different language communities.This paper introduces this approach. Affect control theorists ponder and investigate how actors, identities, actions, objects, emotions, and social settings are interrelated during interaction. Semiotic tools and principles guide the translation of the Affect Control Theory(ACT) of emotion. ACT is summarized and appraised for its value in increasing our understanding of human behavior in the social environment, its suitability to social work, and its applicability. ACT technical words are translated into simpler language, ACT displays into words, and ACT’s interactionist language is translated into the language of ecosystems theory. Suggestions for strengthening ACT and for promoting semiotic translation are included.

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