Maintenance
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- Created on: 12-01-13 14:24
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- Maintenance
- Social exchange theory
- Individuals attempt to max profit, min loss. Rewards-costs=profit/loss Rewards: companionship, sex. Cost: time, money
- Comparison level
- Based on previous experiences. Relationships based on profitability of outcome comparison level- alternative: new relationship more profitable
- Sex/profit
- Men lie in order to have sex. Women have sex to avoid confrontation. Judge sexual deception as profitable, gain approval and intimacy, rewarding them.
- Abusive relationships
- Alternatives low and investment high, stay in relationships. Ignores role of investment. May not be applicable to all relationships
- Rusbult and Martz
- Alternatives low and investment high, stay in relationships. Ignores role of investment. May not be applicable to all relationships
- Counts after dissatisfied
- Begin to count costs after dissatifiation. Only use comparison level alternative when dissatisfied not throughout relationship
- Argyle
- Duck
- Begin to count costs after dissatifiation. Only use comparison level alternative when dissatisfied not throughout relationship
- Nurture,social
- Reward increases likihood maintenance Control of maintenance by social interactions. Link young age social interactions and romantic relationships
- Cultural bias
- Less choice: arranged marriages. Profit and loss irrelevant. Secuity may be sufficient reward. Theory proposes only receive rewards and ignores gratification of partner
- Maghadda
- Less choice: arranged marriages. Profit and loss irrelevant. Secuity may be sufficient reward. Theory proposes only receive rewards and ignores gratification of partner
- Reductionsm/ID
- Pessimistic suggests people hedistic. Equity could be more rewarding giving than recieving. Fails to acknowledge ID. Making it reductionist
- Equity theory
- Inequity=distress, seeking fairness. gives more than recieve or recieves more than gives. Result dissatification.Motivated to restore inequity amending amount. Use comparison level calculate if worth investing
- Equity theory
- Inequity=distress, seeking fairness. gives more than recieve or recieves more than gives. Result dissatification.Motivated to restore inequity amending amount. Use comparison level calculate if worth investing
- Individual differences
- Input and output subjective.Does not mean equality
- Highest sat,highest equity
- Highest satifaction when relationship percieved to be equitable, RL important factor for relationship success. Women underbenfited,predicting later disruption
- Stafford and canary
- DeMaris
- Highest satifaction when relationship percieved to be equitable, RL important factor for relationship success. Women underbenfited,predicting later disruption
- Application RL
- Suggests theory has high ecological validity, helps overall understanding
- Desire to respond to needs than equity
- More applicable to colleagues or business associates. Love relationships desire to respond to needs of partner than desire to achieve equity
- Clark and Mills
- More applicable to colleagues or business associates. Love relationships desire to respond to needs of partner than desire to achieve equity
- Amount perceived
- Equity still important factor for LTR, we expect needs to be returned in pecieved amount to last long term
- DeMaris
- Equity still important factor for LTR, we expect needs to be returned in pecieved amount to last long term
- Reductionist, emotions not logic
- Depends on pecieved amount, suggest simple calculations. complex beings based on emotions than logic. Oversimplified. Still feel emotional bond despite feeling inequity, so choice to maintain relationship
- Social exchange theory
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