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.