Status characteristics and social interaction. [TR 42]
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
The authors review literature on effects of status differences on interaction and formulate general principles of status generalization to explain them. Next they conduct direct tests of the explanation in an experimental study of 180 Air Force Sergeants in the standard experimental situation developed by Berger (Berger 2007). Sergeants paired with a commissioned officer formed low self-expectations and Sergeants paired with an Airman formed high self-expectations, as predicted. The authors published this TR in the American Sociological Review (1972).
[Abstract by Murray Webster, 2014.]
Published in American Sociological Review 37, June 1972, pp. 241-255.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | May 1971 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Berger, Joseph 1924- |
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| Author | Cohen, Bernard P. |
| Author | Zelditch, Morris Jr. |
| Publisher | Stanford University, Department of Sociology, Laboratory for Social Research |
Subjects
| Subject | Social status |
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| Subject | Expectation (Psychology) |
| Genre | Technical report |
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- Berger, Joseph and Cohen, Bernard P. and Zelditch, Morris Jr. . (1971). Status characteristics and social interaction. Technical Report 42, Laboratory for Social Research, Stanford University Department of Sociology. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/nt009tv1306
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Laboratory for Social Research Technical Report Series (1961-1985), Stanford University Department of Sociology
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