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Relationships - Theories of Romantic Relationships
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- 1Explain the economic view that the theories are based onThey assume relationships are run on a profit or loss basis - what an individual is putting on and getting out of a relationship
- 2explain the social exchange theoryThibaut and Kelley - a series of exchanges between individuals. maximise their rewards and minimize their costs.
the exchange part - recieve rewards and reciprocate.
rewards = company, security and sexual behaviours
costs = physical and psychological abuse and loss of oppurtunities - 3When someone is deciding to break up with their partner what are the two levels of comparison they will consider?the comparison between costs and rewards of the current relationship and what the individual is used to in other relationships
the comparison between costs and rewards of the current relationship and and what we could have as an alternative - 4Evaluation of SET (study)Kurdek - investigated the importance of social exchange factors in determining relationship quality
- 5what procedure did Kurdek use?185 couples (heterosexual, cohabiting, same sex - all without children) completed questionnaires
- 6What were the findings from Kurdek?greater relationship satisfaction was associated with; perception of benefits and seeing alternatives as less attractive
postive marriages 5:1
unsucessful marriages 1:1
(positive:negative) - 7whats the goal of intergrated couples therapy?increase positive exchanges and reduce neagtive ones.
- 8EvaluationDifficult defining a cost and a benefit - constant attention could be rewarding for one person but not the other, might only be a benefit early on
- 9Evaluationignores fairness or equity
- 10Explain Equity theoryprofit is less important than fairness; maximise equality and minimise inequality in costs and rewards.
unfairness can lead to a breakdown in relationships through dissatisfaction if the loser feels there is no way to restore fairness - 11Evaluation of equity theory (study)research support
Stafford- 200 married couples - completed measures of equity, relationship satisfaction and maintenance strategies.
satisfaction was highest for spouses who saw their relationship as equitable - 12evaluation of equitymay not apply to all cultures.
individualists cultures see equity as more important than collectivist cultures - 13explain the investment modelwhen people are considering to break up they also consider how much they've invested in the relationship.
'anything a person puts into a relationship that will be lost if they leave it'
financial, temporal and emotional - 14what is commitment made up of?satisfaction level - product of the outcomes, compared to a personal standard should surpass the comparison level
quality of alternatives
investment size - how much will be lost if they leave - 15How did Rusbult test this theory?asked college students in heterosexual relationships to complete a questionnaire. satisfaction, comparison and investment.
high satisfaction and investment.
An attractive alternative is a large feature - 16support?Le and Agnew 52 study metanalysis
11.000 - 5 countries
homosexual and heterosexual
commitment = stable and longer - 17supportindividuals stay when their invesments are great and they have limited alernatives
- 18Rollie and Duckfocused on the process of a relationship breakdown
- 19whats the first phase?intra psychic phase - one partner is dissastisfied and considers costs and benefits
- 20whats the second phase?Dyadic phase - confronts partner
- 21whats the third phase?social phase - negotiation with partner, disscusion in social networking
- 22whats the fourth phase?Grave-dressing processes - each person creates a version of what went wrong
- 23positive evaluation (3)cognitive and behavioural aspects
importnat applications
process - 24negative evaluation (4)doesn't explain why
all relationships go through the same stages
may be gender differences
may not apply to cross cultural relationships
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- Descrição
- Social exchange theory,equity theory and Rusbults Investment model of commitment, satisfaction, Ducks phase model of relationship breakdown; intra-psychic dyadic, social and grave dressing places
- Criado por
- Lilly Clare · abr 2017
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- 10 abr 2017
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