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Book:

The book that currently provides the best introduction to Affect Control Theory is

David R. Heise, Expressive Order: Confirming Sentiments in Social Action.

Programs You Can Try!

Affect Control Theory researchers measure affective meanings of different kinds of people, places, and behaviors. They use the measurements to predict the ways that people from a particular culture will behave, emote, and characterize one another. The on-line software below introduces you to Affect Control Theory's  measurements and predictions.

 

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Three dimensions of affective meaning.

bulletCompare the affective meaning of one thing with other things, in different societies.

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Measuring sentiments on three dimensions.

bulletCompare your feelings about some concepts with male and female averages.

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Measuring emotions on three dimensions.

bulletShows how emotions fit on a three-dimensional spiral.
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Impressions from events.

bulletFind our what impressions an event produces, and what emotion explains the actor's behavior.

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Sources of evaluation.

bulletSee how an actor gets evaluated.

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Are you predictable?

bulletCheck whether your feelings are what Affect Control Theory predicts.

 

 

 

URL: www.indiana.edu/~socpsy/ACT/online.html