Relationships - theories of romance - investment model

Question 1

who made the investment model

Answer 1

rusbult

Question 2

what is rusbults model a development of

Answer 2

SET

Question 3

what things effect commitment?

Answer 3

satisfaction level
comparison with alternatives
investment size

Question 4

what is satisfaction level depending on

Answer 4

comparison level - judging rewards and costs, it is profitable if the rewards outweigh the costs.
comparison with alternatives - is the alternative better ( a different relationship or non at all)

Question 5

why was the addition of the investment necessary?

Answer 5

because if CL and CLalt were derived from SET were enough to explain commitment then all relationships would end when the costs outwerigh/ theres better alt.

Question 6

what does investment mean?

Answer 6

the extent and importance of the rescources associted with the relationship. an investment could be anything we would lose if the relationship were to end.

Question 7

what are the types of investment?

Answer 7

intrinsic
extrinsic

Question 8

what is an intrinsic investment?

Answer 8

anything we put INTO the relationship

they can be tangible, money

or intangible, emotions, self-discolsures

Question 9

what are extrinsic investments?

Answer 9

things that were not in the relationship but are now closely associated with it

tangible, car or house

intangible, shared memories

Question 10

so according to investment why do people stay in relationships

Answer 10

if partners experience high levels of satisfication (because rewards outweigh the costs), the alternatives are less and investments are increasing

Question 11

for rusbult what is the main reason for staying in a relationship

Answer 11

commitment

Question 12

explain satisfaction vs commitment

Answer 12

• commitment is why people stay in a relationship not satisfaction
• this is because they have invested so much into the relationship
• they dont want this investment to go to waste
• so they will work hard to maintain the relationship, even if its damaged

Question 13

what are relationship maintaince mechanisms

Answer 13

everyday behaviours people do to commit to the relationsip

Question 14

what are the maintainaince mechanisms people use?

Answer 14

accommodation
willing to sacrifice
forgiveness
positive illusions
ridiculing alternatives

Question 15

which of the 5 are cognitive mechanisms

Answer 15

positive illusions
ridiculing alterantives

Question 16

what are positive illusions

Answer 16

being unrealistically positive about your partner so that they stay commited

Question 17

what is ridiculing alternatives

Answer 17

being negative about tempting alternatives and other peoples relationships

Question 18

what was le and agnews research?

Answer 18

• meta-analysis of 52 studies
• they found that satisfaction, comparison with alt and investment size all predict relationship commitment. across all cultures, genders and couples.
• this suggests there is validity in the claim that these factors are universally important for romantic relationships

Question 19

evaluate rusbults investment model

Answer 19

1) research support - le and agnew
2) explains why people stay in abusive relationships
3) correlation ≠ cause, a lot of the research finds correlations. This is not evidence of causation and so this means we can question wethere it is actualy investment that causes relationships to last it could be a different factor
4) DOESNT CONSIDER FUTURE RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW THE IDEA OF FUTURE INVSTMENTS MAY LEAD PEOPLE TO WANTING TO STAY TOGETHER

Question 20

WHAT ARE THE THEORIES OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS?

Answer 20

ducks phase model
rusbults investment model
equity theory
SET