EXPANDING THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL ORIENTATIONS BY REFERENCE TO THE SEQUENTIAL-TEMPORAL STRUCTURE OF SITUATIONS

The pur pose of this paper is to identify logically the types of choic e points that people encounter in their interpersonal relationships. I t is assumed that associated with each type of choice point is a speci al class of choice criterion or decision rule. Therefore, identifying the types of choice points provides a basis for distinguishing the var ious decision criteria that are required by interdependent life and th at should be assessed in order to predict patter ns of inter personal interaction. This paper explains how these distinctions will serve to expand our thinking about social orientations.