Abstract
In this chapter, the author describes how his intellectual history, as one of the founders of the expectation states program, led to the formalization of a theory within the program. The discussion includes the author’s Marxist background, the influence of Sorokin on his thinking, and his choice of work in the field of sociology as a calling. The author describes his early research, covering his thesis, the standardized experimental situation, and the power and prestige theory. Finally, the author discusses the formalization of the status characteristics theory, specifically, the nature of its assumptions, and puts forth the following questions that remain: Are there different types of theoretical research programs? If so, how do they grow, also how do they decline and disappear?
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