Thibault and Kelly: Individuals engaged in relationships are motivated to MAXIMISE their rewards (affection, sex, companionship) and MINIMISE their costs (financial, emotional)
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Successful relationships
profit and loss: Reward – costs = Positive for both.
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comparison levels
: 1. assess if the individuals offer something better or worse than another so we can judge the relationship.
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comparison levels
2. compares the reward & cost in our current relationship to what we have been use to in previous ones – motivates us to stay
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Comparison levels for alternatives
possible alternative relationships : if they don’t compare then the relationship will end
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Sampling
consider the rewards and costs of relationship compared to others available
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Bargaining
partners give/receive rewards to test the deepness of relationship
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commitment
as relationship grows partners know how to extract rewards & lower costs
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Institutionalisation
settling down establishes the norms of costs/rewards
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Rusbult and Martz
Argue women stay in abusive relationships because their INVESTMENT is high (e.g children / place to live) but the cost of leaving is higher (lose of money/house) so argued there still is relationship profit – they would lose more by leaving.
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Duck and Sants
critices SET for focusing too much on the individual's perspective and ignoring the social aspect of the relationship e.g. how they communicate and interpret shared events.
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Cultural Bias (Moghaddam)
Individualistic principles inherent with economic emphasis in couples striving for what is most rewarding for themselves as individuals with collectivist cultures being ignored.
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Reductionist
reduces down to trading needs and wants. Ignores emotions and media
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
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profit and loss: Reward – costs = Positive for both.
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Successful relationships
Card 3
Front
: 1. assess if the individuals offer something better or worse than another so we can judge the relationship.
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Card 4
Front
2. compares the reward & cost in our current relationship to what we have been use to in previous ones – motivates us to stay
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Card 5
Front
possible alternative relationships : if they don’t compare then the relationship will end
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