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    • A Stochastic Theory for Self-Other Expectations 
      Berger, Joseph; Snell, J. Laurie (2015-07-06)
      This technical report introduces the concept of self-other expectations (Joseph Berger’s [1958] dissertation also includes that term, although defined slightly differently), and develops propositions about their behavioral ...
    • Strategies, Theories, and Models 
      Berger, Joseph; Zelditch, Morris Jr (Stanford University Press, 1993)
      The authors describe unit theories, theoretical research programs, and orienting strategies, and elaborate on types of growth in theoretical research programs. This WP was published by the authors (1993).
    • Stressed over dessert 
      Subramanian, Priya (Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )
      An everyday act of baking and sharing gets complicated during a pandemic!
    • A Tale of Two High Schools: The Long Road to Desegregation, Bryan, Texas 
      Little, Pam
      "A Tale of Two High Schools" presents a timeline of the desegregation of Bryan ISD and particularly the two high schools, E. A. Kemp and Stephen F. Austin. Sources are interviews, newspaper articles, the Brazos Valley ...
    • A tale of two quarantines: Compassion abroad, Conflict at home 
      Bowman, Nicholas David (包尼克) (2020-06-08)
      A short reflection on the dramatic differences between public response to COVID-19 in Taiwan and here in Texas.
    • Task Conceptions and Work Arrangements 
      Scott, W Richard; Dornbusch, Sanford M; Evashwick, Connie J; Magnani, Leonard; Sagatun, Inger (2015-08-12)
      The authors present a theoretical analysis of relations between technology and formal organizational structures. After critically evaluating other approaches, they propose a finer-grained analysis to examine relations ...
    • A Test of the Law of Anticipated Reactions 
      Ford, Joan Butler; Zelditch, Morris Jr (Social Psychological Quarterly, 1988)
      a. This WP continues investigations in WP 84-3 and 84-10. The authors report an experiment in which they varied the expected likelihood that an advantaged central actor would punish others for attempting to change an ...
    • Thailand’s “Too Pan Suk” Gives Me Hope 
      Aunaetitrakul, Dear (2020-06-05)
      My reaction to Thai’s news on Too Pan Suk or Pantry of Sharing initiative, a local makeshift food pantry project.
    • Theoretical Structures and the Micro-Macro Problem 
      Berger, Joseph; Eyre, Dana P. (Sociological Theories in Progress: New Formulations, 1989)
      This WP was published by Berger, Eyre, and Zelditch (1989).
    • This Quarantine Period 
      Mohan, Kalpana (2020-05-30)
      I look at the origin of the word "quarantine" and its significance and note that the idea of quarantine is not new for women who hail the Tamil Brahmin community in South India.
    • "This Seems Familiar": Survivalism & Health-Mindedness in Emerging New Normal 
      Lemish, Peter (Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )
      The totalizing security mindset acted upon in Israel is insightful into how an anticipated post-Covid-19 New Normal that prioritizes health-mindedness may fare.
    • Threats to the Promise of Synergy in Interdisciplinary Reearch 
      Kruse, Ronald J; Anbar, Michael; Cohen, Bernard P (2015-08-15)
      The authors analyze structures and processes in multidisciplinary teams to identify factors that lead to synergistic outcomes from those that do not. They use the analysis to describe settings most likely to produce ...
    • Three Tasks for Use in Laboratory Small-Group Experiments 
      Conner, Thomas L. (2015-07-19)
      Thomas L. Conner describes development and testing of Meaning Insight and Relational Insight 1 and 2. The tasks, which are still in use for expectation states research, were developed to test ideas in TR#1 and later ...
    • To be or not be… In times of coronavirus 
      Aduen Ramirez, Maria Valentina (2020-06-09)
      This is a story about being an immigrant, feeling displaced, and the struggle of belonging and having rights during a health pandemic.
    • Toward an environmental perspective on slavery: first thoughts. 
      Jones, Rhett S. (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981?)
    • The Transfer of Status Expectations 
      Markovsky, Barry; Smith, Le Roy F; Berger, Joseph (2015-08-15)
      The authors investigate transfer of a status intervention—introducing a specific status characteristic to reduce expectation effects of a diffuse status characteristic—across tasks and interactants. Experimental results ...
    • Uncertainty, Potential Power, and Nondecisions 
      Zelditch, Morris Jr; Ford, Joan Butler (Transaction Publishers, 1985)
      The authors develop a definition of potential power—what an actor could to another actor if the first cared strongly enough about something—and explore its properties. Experimental research shows that potential power affects ...
    • Understanding the Morally Gray Roots of Engineering 
      Wozniak, David (2021-07-05)
      Review of Ethan Blue, Michael Levine, and Dean Nieusma’s Engineering and War: Militarism, Ethics, Institutions, Alternatives, San Rafael, CA: Morgan and Claypool, 2014.
    • Unimagined Communities in a Time of Global Crisis 
      Gao, Weisong (Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )
      A reflection on the theory of diaspora and the future of immigration
    • The Use of Closed Circuit Television in Expectation Experiments 
      Cohen, Bernard P; Kiker, Joan E; Kruse, Ronald J (2015-07-29)
      The authors present an early description and discussion of the uses of TV systems in social science experiments. They compare two experiments, one conducted live and the other with TV, showing a few minor differences in ...