Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- INTRODUCTION / Arensberg, Conrad M. -- 1 THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN INTERACTION -- 2 RESEARCH ON THE INTERACTION PROBLEM: A BRIEF REVIEW -- PART I. SIMPLE INTERACTION -- 3 THE INTERACTION EVENT: ITS ELEMENTS AND CLASSES -- 4 ELEMENTS OF THE SIMPLE INTERACTION SEQUENCE -- PART II: SOCIAL STRUCTURE -- 5 HOW DOES NONRANDOM SEQUENCING OCCUR? -- 6 DIRECTIONALITY: CONGRUENCE OF PLACEMENT OF THE ORIGIN WITH PARTITIONING OF THE RESPONSE FIELD -- 7 SOCIAL STRUCTURE I: RULE STATEMENTS -- 8 SOCIAL STRUCTURE II: RULE STRUCTURES -- 9 RECAPITULATION AND A LOOK FORWARD -- LIST OF FORMAL STATEMENTS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX