Web Survey Bibliography
The manner in which the concept of reciprocity is implicated in functional theory is explored, enabling a reanalysis of the concepts of "survival" and "exploitation." The need to distinguish between the concepts of complementarity and reciprocity is stressed. Distinctions are also drawn between (1) reciprocity as a pattern of mutually contingent exchange of gratifications, (2) the existential or folk belief in reciprocity, and (3) the generalized moral norm of reciprocity. Reciprocity as a moral norm is analyzed; it is hypothesized that it is one of the universal "principal components" of moral codes. As Westermarck states, "To requite a benefit, or to be grateful to him who bestows it, is probably everywhere, at least under certain circumstances, regarded as a duty. This is a subject which in the present connection calls for special consideration." Ways in which the norm of reciprocity is implicated in the maintenance of stable social systems are examined.
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Web survey bibliography - Before 1981 (14)
- Surveys by telephone: a national comparison with personal interviews; 1979; Groves, R. M., Kahn, R. L.
- Evaluation of the Feeling Thermometer. A Report to the National Election Study Board based on data from...; 1979; Weisberg, H. F., Miller, A. H.
- Generalizing Mail SurveyInducement Methods: Population Interactionswith Anonymity and Sponsorship; 1979; Jones, W. H.
- Applied Sampling (Quantitative studies in social relations); 1976; Sudman, S.
- Logic and conversation; 1975; Grice, P. H.
- Response effects in surveys: A review and synthesis; 1974; Sudman, S., Bradburn, N. M.
- On Sampling of Very Rare Human Populations; 1972; Sudman, S.
- Some reflections on consumer panels; 1969; Hill, R. W.
- A theory of organization and change within value-attitude systems; 1968; Rokeach, M.
- The Norm of Reciprocity: A Preliminary Statement; 1960; Gouldner, A.W.
- A generalization of sampling without replacement from a finite universe; 1952; Horvitz, D. G., Thompson, D. J.
- The art of asking questions; 1951; Payne, S.
- Gauging public opinion; 1944; Cantril, H.
- Recent trends in the development of market research; 1936