The article proves the importance of the problem of studying partnership in the frameworks of social psychology. It is noted that the real interaction is one of the basic criteria of social psychology. The author attempted to frame social interaction in the context of activity and communication categories. The correlation of an actor, subject, and object concepts has been analyzed. Theoretical model of social interaction has been proposed. There are three levels of analysis in the structure of social interaction: micro-level, meso-level and macro-level. Micro-level is a simple social interaction. Meso-level is an interaction situation. Macro-level is marked by sustainable relationships between actors. A new aspect of treating the problem arises – parity and hierarchy of relationships.

Vavakina Tatyana Sergeevna, Candidate of Sciences (Psychology), Associate Member, Laboratory of Social and Economical Psychology, Institute of Psychology RAS, 13, Yaroslavskaya st., Moscow, 129366, Russian Federation, e-mail: tvavakina@mail.ru

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