This comment addresses Kelley's target article that provides a model aimed at providing a broad theoretical model for all of our ongoing interpersonal life. We underline Kelley's assertion to use abstract minimal representations for assessment purposes, but observe that similar principles should hol
The beat goes on: a commentary on Kelley's ‘Expanding the analysis of social orientations…’
✍ Scribed by JOHN SCHOPLER
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 100 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0046-2772
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✦ Synopsis
Kelley's recent expansion of the analysis of social orientations is seen to be a logical extension of the interdependence concepts emanating from his extraordinary collaboration with the late John Thibaut. This expansion, extending the nomenclature of transitions lists to analysing the control of transition choices, is briefly summarized. The analysis holds much promise, which will be fully realized, however, only when valid assessments of the constituent components are available.
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