The standard to which all relationships are compared to, its based on past experiences of relationships, parents' relationship, the media's portrayal of relationship and peers' relationships
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For a relationship to be maintained ....
The rewards must outweigh the costs so that the relationship is in profit
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Which model did Rustbult and Van Lange develop?
The investment Model
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Which is Argyle suggest?
We only evaluate the rewards and costs of a relationships in a breakdown of a relationship
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What did Christensen et al. find?
When using relationship therapy based on the increasing positive exchanges, 2/3's of couples relationships improved maintaining their relationships
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Who put forward the equity theory?
Walster
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An equitable relationship is a relationship that ....
When the benefits minus the costs of one of the partners is equal to the benefits minus the costs of the other partner?
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What must be established in order for a relationship to be maintained?
Fairness
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Whom put forward that economic theories such as the equity theory cannot be applied to non-western cultures due to the selfish nature of this theory and collectivist cultures aren't based on such values?
Moghaddam
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Which study found that when husbands earned more than their wive both the husband and wive would consider his job more important whereas if a wive earned more than their husband both said their jobs were equally as important?
Steil and Weltman
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The standard to which all relationships are compared to, its based on past experiences of relationships, parents' relationship, the media's portrayal of relationship and peers' relationships
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