Action theory (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Miller, G.A. Plans and the structures of behavior, c1986.

Harré. Encyc. dict. psy.

Peng. dict. soc. ("Analysis of action starting with individual actor...by identifying actor's goals, expectations and values, the means of achieving those goals, the nature of the situation and the actor's knowledge of the situation among other elements")

Mod. dict. soc. (Action theory, Social:..."human behavior is studied in terms of persons acting in culturally defined situations and in systems of social relationships")

Baker encycl. psych.; Whittaker psych.; Harriman encycl. psych.; English comp. dict. psych.; Chaplin dict. psych.; Drever dict. psych.; Evans psych.; Harriman dict. psych.

Here are entered works on a theory concerned with the study of human goal-directed behavior and its social basis.