Talcott Parsons, Robert F. Bales, in collaboration with James Olds, Morris Zelditch J.r., and Phillip E. Slater
PREFACE CHAPTER I. The American Family: Its Relations to Personality and to
the Social Structure CHAPTER II. Family Structure and the Socialization of
the Child CHAPTER III. The Organization of Personality as a System of
Action CHAPTER IV. The Mechanisms of Personality Functioning with Special
Reference to Socialization CHAPTER V. Role Differentiation in Small
Decision-Making Groups CHAPTER VI. Role Differentiation in the Nuclear
Family: A Comparative Study CHAPTER VII. Conclusion: Levels of Cultural
Generality and the Process of Differentiation.
