EXAM 2 Flashcards
What are the three out comes of Social Exchange?
rewards, costs, outcomes
Rewards:
Anything we find desirable
Costs:
Anything we find undesirable
Outcome:
profit or loss from the rewards and costs
Reward - Cost =
Outcome
what is the comparison level?
The outcomes we believe we deserve and have come to expect from relationships (aka expectations)
What is the comparison level for alternatives?
Outcomes that are possible in an alternative partner or a different situation
What are comparison levels influenced by?
Investments, self-esteem, access to others, awareness of alternatives
How many types of relationships are there according to interdependence theory?
4
Happy stable relationships
Expectations met
Happy instable relationships
Expectations met but better alternatives
unhappy stable relationship
expectations are not met, no better alternatives
unhappy unstable relationship
expectations not met, better alternatives available
Changing expectations
Individual expectations can increase comparison level
Cultural expectations increase the comparison level
Cultural changes increase the Comparison level for alternatives
Bad is stronger than good
costs are more impactful than rewards
Should maintain…
5-1 rewards-to-cost ratio to have a satisfying relationship
Love languages
should be found out for both partners
Approach motivation:
-Pursue pleasure
-motivation is to feel good
-feel positive emotions when we approach desired experiences
Avoidance motivation
-avoid costs
-motivation is to escape punishment or avoid pain
-the goal is to avoid negative feelings associated with undesirable experience
Self expansion model
Proposes that individuals are attracted to partners that expand their range of interests, skills, and experiences
Interdependency
exists when we need others and they need us to in order to obtain valuable interpersonal rewards
Outcomes - CL =
Satisfaction or Disatisfaction
Communal Relationships
Partners feel a special concern for partners’ well-being and provide favors and support for one another without expecting repayment
Exchange relationships
People do favors for others expecting to be repaid by receiving comparable benefits in return.
Equitable relationships
each partner gains benefits from the relationship that are proportional to his or her contributions to it.
What leads to satisfactions/dissatisfaction in equitable relationships
-one partner is over-benefited: receiving better outcomes than he/she deserves
-one partner being under benefitted: recieving less than he or she should
Marital statistics (decrease/increase) over time
Decrease