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This paper develops a temporal model describing the relationship between environmental feedback and the differentiation of internal reward structures in groups. The model is subjected to laboratory tests and found to be a good predictor of the phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article throws light on William H. Sewell, professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin, the Recipient of the 1988 Cooley-Mead Award. The Cooley-Mead Award is given annually by the Section on Social Psychology of the American Sociological Association; it is made on the basis of lifetime contributions to social psychology, recognizing distinguished long-term contributions to the intellectual and scientific advancement of social psychology. Sewell has made his primary research and scholarly contributions in the study of socialization, social structure and personality, and the role of social psychological factors in social stratification and inequality, as well as in the application of empirical quantitative methods of research. One of Sewell's earliest and most significant contributions to the understanding of socialization processes occurred with the publication of his 1952 paper, "Infant Training and the Personality of the Child," published in the American Journal of Sociology and later reprinted in six or more books of readings or sourcebooks on the sociology of the family.

The article profiles Cecilia Ridgeway, sociology professor and recipient of the 2005 Cooley-Mead Award in the U.S. She received her degree in sociology at the University of Michigan. Psychologist William Lambert has greatly influenced her during her graduate studies at Cornell University. She published two empirical articles on status in the "American Sociological Review." She has also been a critical part of building, rebuilding, or sustaining the social psychology centers at the University of Iowa and at Stanford University.