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Card 6

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Effort, financial investment and time are some of what we consider the ----- of a relationship.

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Card 7

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Rewards - costs = the ------- (a profit or loss)

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Card 8

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Social exchange, as with other '--------' theories of human behaviour, stresses that commitment to a relationship is dependent on the profitability of the outcome.

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Card 9

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Thibaut and Kelley proposed that we develop a ---------- ----- to judge whether one person offers better/worse than another (a standard which we judge all our relationships against)

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Card 10

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If we judge the potential profit in a new relationship ------- our CL then it'll be judged as worthwhile, and the other person will be seen as attractive.

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Card 11

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If the profit is less than our CL then we'll be ------------ with the relationship and the person is therefore less attractive.

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Card 12

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When investments are high (children & financial security) and alternatives are low (nowhere to go) this could still be considered a profit in an abusive relationship and so the woman might stay. Who said this?

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Card 13

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Participants were asked to rate members of the opposite sex in terms of attractiveness; those participants who were already involved in a relationship gave lower ratings. Who found this?

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Card 14

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Social exchange theory doesn't explain why some people ----- relationships despite having no alternative.

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Card 15

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Who criticised this theory for focusing too much on the individual's perspective and ignoring the social aspects of a relationship, like communication?

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