From Expectations to Behavior: An Improved Postulate for Expectation States Theory
针对期望状态理论中期望与行为关系薄弱的问题，提出一个通用转换函数，并在三人际影响、同质群体讨论和混合性别群体参与三种情境中验证，该函数能更好拟合实证数据。
For more than 30 years, expectation states theory (EST) has been one of the most continuously active research areas in sociological social psychology. EST proponents have seen great potential in the theory, not only for producing a cumulative body of useful knowledge, but also for yielding explanations of phenomena beyond its original concerns. However, today this potential remains more promise than reality. A principal stumbling block has been that the relationship between expectation states and behavior is poorly developed theoretically and inconsistently manifested in those applications of the theory presently found in the literature. This critical link must be addressed in any effort to extend or apply the theory. In this paper I propose a general translation function to link expectation states and behavior. The proposedfunction is evaluated by applying it to three very different phenomena: social influence in dyads, participation in homogeneous informal group discussions, and participation in mixed-gender groups. Not only does this new general translation function enhance the theoretical integration of EST applications, but it leads to models that appear to give good accounts of empirical data.