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Fig. 1   COMPONENTS OF THE ACTION FRAME OF REFERENCE
THE SUBJECT THE OBJECT
1.  An actor-subject: the actor whose orientation of action is being analyzed. (In an interaction situation, this actor is called ego." 2.  Objects: those objects to which the actor-subject is oriented.  These are (i) social objects and (ii) nonsocial objects.
The actor-subject is sometimes called simply the "actor" and is always an "action system."  Thus the actor-subject is either: i.  Social objectsare actors (i.e., action systems) but here they are objects rather than subjects in a given analysis. (In an interaction situation, these actors are called "alters.")  Social objects are:
a.  A personality. a.  Personalities.
b.  A social system. b.  Social systems.
ii.  Nonsocial objects may be:
a.  Physical objects
b.  Cultural oblects (i.e., svmbols or svmbol systems).
Personalities and Social systems fit together in the following fashion whether they are subjects or objects.
personality A personality B personality C
Social system 1  Role 1-A"  Role 1-B  Role 1-C
Motivational Motivational Motivational
   aspects    aspects   aspects
Value aspectS Value aspects Value asoects
Social system 2  Role 2-A  Role 2-B  Role 2-C
Motivational Motivational Motivational
  aspects   aspects   aspects
Value aspects Value aspects Value asoects
Social system 3  Hole 3-A  Role 3-B  Role 3-C
Motivational Motivational Motivational
  aspects   aspects   aspects
Value aspects Value aspects Value asoects
Cultural Systems
Cultural systems are the common values, beliefs, and tastes of the actors (as either subjects or objects)
interacting with symbol systems (as objects).  Thus the underlined components above show the abstraction of cultural Systems from the action frame of reference.
* Each of these roles is a subsystem of orientations . This subsystem can be analyzed with respect to either (i) the personality's motives, of which the orientations are 'a function, or (ii) the values which the personality respects in this specific social System.  Thus roles are divided into motivational aspects and value aspects.
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