p.1 In this book is presented a theory of interpersonal relations and group functioning.
p.5 We accept as a basic premise that most socially significant behavior will not be repeated unless it is reinforced, rewarded in some way.
p.5-6 The adjustment one individual makes affects the adjustments the others make, which in turn require readjustment of the first, and so on... whatever the social processes by which individual adaptations are coordinated and reconciled, the implications of the adaptations for the collectivity are constantly in the forefront of the theoretical purview.
p.9 The building of any theory of social behavior requires making a great many simplifying assumptions.
p.10 The essence of any interpersonal relationship is interaction.
p.11 Our unit for the analysis of behavior is referred to as the behavior sequence or set.
p.21 CLalt can be defined informally as the lowest level of outcomes a member will accept in the light of available alternative opportunities. It follows from this definition that as soon as outcomes drop below CLalt the member will leave the relationship.
p.29 If he is not coerced by strong instigations, he may lengthen his time perspective and attempt to guide his behavior by an assessment of the long-term consequences.
p.100 If two persons interact, the pattern of outcomes given in their interaction matrix indicates that each person has the possibility of affecting the other's reward-cost positions and, thereby, of influencing or controlling him. In other words, the matrix reveals that each person has certain possibilities for exercising power over the other, assuming that they do, in fact, interact.
p.101 Generally, we can say that the power of A over B increases with A's ability to affect the quality of outcomes attained by B. [JLJ - or, perhaps, A's diagnostic ability to affect the quality of projects attained by B]
p.178 An important aspect of many nonvoluntary relationships is that the social environment exercises massive fate control over the individual. To a greater or lesser degree in all such relationships, the individual's outcomes are determined by the social environment, and in extreme cases the individual cannot respond adaptively, by varying his behavior, to attain the relatively less unfavorable outcomes.
