title: Action theory
text: # Action theory
  
  Action theory may refer to:
  
  * Action theory (philosophy), an area in philosophy concerned with the processes causing intentional human movement
  * Action theory (sociology), a sociological theory established by the American theorist Talcott Parsons
  * Social action, an approach to the study of social interaction outlined by the German sociologist Max Weber and taken further by G. H. Mead
  
  It may also refer to a number of different types of social interactions and associations, including:
  
  * Affectional action
  * Instrumental action
  * Traditional action
  * Value-rational action
  * Communicative action
  * Dramaturgical action
  * Group action (sociology)
  