Chapter 6: Interdependency

Question 1

Interdependency

Answer 1

Our reliance on others

Question 2

Social Exchange

Answer 2

Relationships involve the mutual exchange of desirable rewards with others

Question 3

Interdependence Theory (Thibaut & Kelley)

Answer 3

A social exchange theory suggesting that rewards and costs that are associated with interpersonal relationships are related to people’s expectations of them

Question 4

Rewards

Answer 4

Anything within an interaction that is desirable to the recipient

Question 5

Costs

Answer 5

Undesirable experiences from interactions

Question 6

Outcomes

Answer 6

The total profit or loss a person gets from an interaction

Question 7

Comparison Level

Answer 7

The value of the outcome we believe we deserve in our relationships

Question 8

Investments (Rusbult)

Answer 8

The things we can lose in a relationship if it ends

Question 9

Comparison Level for Alternative (CLalt)

Answer 9

The outcomes you would receive if you left your current relationship for the best alternative

Question 10

Current Outcomes > CL & CLalt

Answer 10

Happy and Stable relationship

Question 11

CLalt > Current Outcomes > CL

Answer 11

Happy and Unstable Relationship

Question 12

CL > Current Outcomes > CLalt

Answer 12

Unhappy and Stable relationship

Question 13

CL & CLalt > Current Outcomes

Answer 13

Unhappy and Unstable relationship

Question 14

Principle of Lesser Interest

Answer 14

The partner who depends less on a relationship will have more power

Question 15

Approach Motivation

Answer 15

Our motivation for doing things comes from wanting pleasure

Desired experiences => positive emotion

Question 16

Avoidance Motivation

Answer 16

We want to avoid undesirable experience and reduce negative feelings

Question 17

Self-Expansion Model

Answer 17

We are attracted to partnerships that expand the range of our interests, skills, and experiences

Question 18

Relational Turbulence

Answer 18

Period of adjustment as couples get used to their increasing interdependence

Question 19

Lack of Effort

Answer 19

Relationships are more satisfying when people work at them

Question 20

Interdependency as a magnifying glass

Answer 20

Interdependency magnifies conflict

We’re more affected by the moods of our partner

Question 21

Access to Weaponry

Answer 21

Intimacy means that your partner knows your secrets and weaknesses

Question 22

Unwelcome Surprises

Answer 22

Learning things about our partner that we thought we knew

Question 23

Unrealistic Expectations

Answer 23

Learning undesired that you didn’t know about your partner

Question 24

Exchange Relationships

Answer 24

People do favours for others expecting favours in return

Question 25

Communal Realtionships

Answer 25

People provide favours and support without expecting anything inreturn

Question 26

Equity Theory

Answer 26

People are most satisfied when there is proportional justice in their relationships

Question 27

Overbenefitting

Answer 27

Receiving better outcomes than we deserve

Question 28

Underbenefitting

Answer 28

Receiving worse outcomes than we deserve

Question 29

The Distress of Inequity

Answer 29

Everybody is nervous in an inequitable relationship

Question 30

Commitment

Answer 30

The disire for a relationship to continue and the mativation to maintain it

Question 31

Rusbult’s Investment Model

Answer 31

1. Satisfaction Level
2. Quality of Alternatives
3. Investment Size

Question 32

Johnson’s 3 Types of Commitment

Answer 32

1. Personal Commitment (satisfaction)
2. Constraint Commitment (cost of leaving the relationship)
3. Moral Commitment (breaking vows)

Question 33

Accomodation

Answer 33

People refrain from responding to provocation from their partner

Question 34

Perceived Superiority

Answer 34

Couples think that their relationship is better that everyone else’s