Michael Argyle (1925-2002) held the position of reader in social psychology at Oxford University and was a fellow of Woolfson College. He was the author of numerous books and papers in British and American journals, he helped found and, was joint editor of the British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. He also played an important part in the establishment of the Social Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society and served as its secretary and chairman.

• Introduction; One: The Biological and Cultural Roots of Social Interaction; 1: Irven DeVore; 2: O. Michael Watson and Theodore D. Graves; 3: Basil Bernstein and Dorothy Henderson; Two: The Elements of Social Behaviour; 4: Susan Ervin-Tripp; 5: Adam Kendon; 6: Ray L. Birdwhisteil; 7: Albert Mehrabian; Three: Perception of the Other during Interaction; 8: Michael Beldoch; 9: Paul Ekman and Wallace V. Friesen; 10: R. D. Laing, H. Phillipson and A. R. Lee; Four: Two-Person Interaction; 11: Howard M. Rosenfeld; 12: Michael Argyle and Janet Dean; 13: Melvin Feffer and Leonard Suchotliff; 14: Erving Goffman; Five: Interaction in Groups and Organizations; 15: Robert F. Bales; 16: Muzafer Sherif and Carolyn W. Sherif; 17: Peter M. Blau and W. Richard Scott; 18: Edwin A. Fleishman and Edwin F. Harris; 19: F. E. Emery and E. L. Trist; Six: Personality and Social Interaction; 20: D. W. Carment, C. G. Miles and V. B. Cervin; 21: Jerome E. Singer; 22: Rudolf H. Moos; Seven: The Self and Social Interaction; 23: Richard Videbeck; 24: James E. Marcia; 25: Edward Gross and Gregor P. Stone; Eight: Training in Social Skills; 26: N. L. Gage, Philip J. Runkel and B. B. Chatterjee; 27: Douglas R. Bunker; 28: Frederick J. McDonald and Dwight W. Allen

Michael Argyle (1925-2002) held the position of reader in social psychology at Oxford University and was a fellow of Woolfson College. He was the author of numerous books and papers in British and American journals, he helped found and, was joint editor of the British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. He also played an important part in the establishment of the Social Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society and served as its secretary and chairman.

• Introduction; One: The Biological and Cultural Roots of Social Interaction; 1: Irven DeVore; 2: O. Michael Watson and Theodore D. Graves; 3: Basil Bernstein and Dorothy Henderson; Two: The Elements of Social Behaviour; 4: Susan Ervin-Tripp; 5: Adam Kendon; 6: Ray L. Birdwhisteil; 7: Albert Mehrabian; Three: Perception of the Other during Interaction; 8: Michael Beldoch; 9: Paul Ekman and Wallace V. Friesen; 10: R. D. Laing, H. Phillipson and A. R. Lee; Four: Two-Person Interaction; 11: Howard M. Rosenfeld; 12: Michael Argyle and Janet Dean; 13: Melvin Feffer and Leonard Suchotliff; 14: Erving Goffman; Five: Interaction in Groups and Organizations; 15: Robert F. Bales; 16: Muzafer Sherif and Carolyn W. Sherif; 17: Peter M. Blau and W. Richard Scott; 18: Edwin A. Fleishman and Edwin F. Harris; 19: F. E. Emery and E. L. Trist; Six: Personality and Social Interaction; 20: D. W. Carment, C. G. Miles and V. B. Cervin; 21: Jerome E. Singer; 22: Rudolf H. Moos; Seven: The Self and Social Interaction; 23: Richard Videbeck; 24: James E. Marcia; 25: Edward Gross and Gregor P. Stone; Eight: Training in Social Skills; 26: N. L. Gage, Philip J. Runkel and B. B. Chatterjee; 27: Douglas R. Bunker; 28: Frederick J. McDonald and Dwight W. Allen