Browsing Faculty-Curated Special Collections by Author "Zelditch, Morris Jr"

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    • Status, Excuses, and Justifications 
      Freeman, Sabrina; Massey, Kelly; Zelditch, Morris Jr (2017-08-16)
      The authors conducted experimental research on the acceptability of excuses (a personal account of making a procedural error) and justifications (an argument for what the violator had done) for norm violation. The actor ...
    • 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).
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Why Do Individuals Nondecide under Uncertainty? 
      Ford, Joan Butler; Zelditch, Morris Jr (2017-08-16)
      a. This WP continues the investigation in WP 84-3. There, they found that influence accepted by an actor S was negatively related to a central person’s (C) power even if S did not know how C’s preferences or how likely C ...