Foreword
Part I. Introduction and Theory: 1. Interpersonal situations: the context of social behavior
2. Outcome interdependence
3. Interaction conditions and person factors
4. Exploring the geography of the outcome patterns
Part II The Situations: Preface to the Entries for the Situations
Single Component Patterns: 1. Independence: we go our separate ways
2. Mutual partner control: I scratch your back, you scratch mine
3. Corresponding mutual joint control: getting in sync
4. Conflicting mutual joint control: match or mismatch
Two- and three-component patterns: 5. The prisoner's dilemma: me versus we
6. Threat: trading loyalty for justice
7. Chicken: death before dishonor
8. Hero: let's do it your way
9. Conjunctive problems: together we can do it
10. Disjunctive problems: either of us can do it
11. Asymmetric dependence: you're the boss
Time-extended patterns: 12. Iterated prisoner's dilemma: united we stand, divided we fall
13. Investment: building for the future
14. Delay of gratification: resisting temptation
Incomplete information situations
15. Negotiation: can we agree on a deal?
16. Encounters with strangers: lack of information about a partner
17. Joint decisions under uncertainty: bird in the hand
18. Twists of fate: coping with an uncertain future
N-person Situations
19. Third parties: effects of an outsider
20. N-person prisoner's dilemma: tragedy of the commons
Movement from one situation to another
21. Movement among situations: where do we go from here?
Part III. Epilogue.
