Toward a general theory of action
By: Talcott Parsons, Edward A. Shils, editors ; Edward C. Tolman ... [et al.].
Contributors: Shils, Edward, 1910-1995
Edition: 1st Harper Torchbook ed.
Series: Harper torchbooks -- TB 1083; Human Relations Collection
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1962
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 506
Subjects: Functionalism (Social sciences); Social systems; Sociology
Notes: Subtitle on cover: Theoretical foundations for the social sciences.

Originally published: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1951.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors: Edward C. Tolman et al.
Table of contents: title: Some fundamental categories of the theory of action : a general statement / Talcott Parsons, Edward A Shils, Gordon W. Allport, Clyde Kluckhohn, Henry A. Murray, Robert R. Sears, Richard C. Sheldon, Samuel A. Stouffer, Edward C. Tolman; title: Some observations on theory in the social sciences / Richard C. Sheldon; title: PART 2 Values, Motives, and Systems of Action; title: Categories of the orientation and organization of action / [Talcott Parsons, Edward A. Shils, with the assistance of James Olds]; title: Personality as a system of action / [Talcott Parsons, Edward A. Shils, with the assistance of James Olds]; title: Systems of value-orientation / [Talcott Parsons, Edward A. Shils, with the assistance of James Olds]; title: The social system / [Talcott Parsons, Edward A. Shils, with the assistance of James Olds]; title: A psychological model / Edward C. Tolman; title: Prejudice : a problem in psychological and social causation / Gordon W. Allport; title: Values and value-orientations in the theory of action / Clyde Kluckhorn; title: Toward a classification of interaction / Henry A. Murray; title: Social behavior and personality development / Robert R. Sears; title: An empirical study of technical problems in analysis of role obligation / Samuel A. Stouffer.