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Relationships: maintenance
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- 1social exchange theory: thibaut & kelley 1959 4 stages1. sampling- couple explores the rewards and costs
2. bargaining- couple 'costs out' relationship and identify the sources of profit and loss
3. commitment- settle in to an exchange of rewards which becomes relatively predictable
4. institutionalisation- interactions are established, couple have settled down - 2comparison level-which involves comparing the current relationship with a general expectation of how rewarding relationships are. It is the product of experiences in previous relationships plus expectations of current relationships. If potential profit from new relationship exceeds our CL, the relationship will be judged as worthwhile and the person will be seen as attractive. If final result is negative (profit less than CL) the person seems less attractive
- 3comparison level for alternativesweighs up benefits of possible alternative relationships
-if they result in favourable view of current partner, they are motivated to stay - 4A02: simpson et al 1990investigated hoe people deal with the threat of potential alternatives
asked participants to rate members of the opposite sex in terms of attractiveness; those participants who gave lower ratings were already in a relationship. - 5A02: abusive relationships rusbalt and martz-explained why some people stay in abusive relationships. They argue than when investments are high (e.g. children, financial security) and alternatives are low (e.g. nowhere to live, no money) this might be considered a profit situation and so the woman might choose to stay in the relationship.
- 6IDA: culture MOGHADDAM 1998-Argues that such ‘economic’ theories only apply to western relationships. The more short term a relationship is the more relevance in being concerned with give and take. Long term relationships however, more likely to value security over profit! Suggests that SET doesn’t represent a universal explanation of relationship maintenance.
- 7equity theory: walster et al 1978 inequity and distress– People strive to achieve fairness in relationships and feel distressed if they perceive unfairness. Inequitable relationships exist when a person perceives that they ; give a great deal in a relationship and get little in return and receive a great deal and give little in return. Both are inequitable relationships and would leave them feeling dissatisfied. The greater the inequity the greater the dissatisfaction.
- 8principles of equity1.people try to maximise their rewards
2. trading rewards occurs to ensure fairness e.g. one favour is exchanged with another.
3. inequity produces dissatisfaction. the lover will experience most dissatisfaction
4. the lover will endeavour to reciting the situation - 9A02: Stafford and canary 2006-Asked over 200 couples to complete questionnaire measuring relationship satisfaction. Satisfaction highest = couples who perceived their relationship as equitable. Followed by over benefited partners and lowest for under benefited.
- 10A02: hatfield 1972-Interviewed over 500 students about equity in their relationships. Three months later the inequitable relationships were more likely to have ended.
- 11A02: clark and mills 1979MILLS argue that a concern for equity may only characterise relationships between colleagues or business associates rather than relationships between friends or lovers.
suggest couples work communally
- they want to love and care for each other
-they dont see their relationship as a 'one off' thing
-happy to accept that sometimes one will invest more than the other - 12IDA: gender- steil and weltman– studied married working couples. Found that the woman generally rated their husbands’ careers as more important than their own. They concluded that because women tend to seek less for themselves in a relationship, this makes equity a less relevant explanation of relationship satisfaction in real-life relationships. Therefore, it challenges the universality of equity as a determinant of relationship satisfaction
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