Social Psych Lecture 9 2.23
- Assessing Relationships
- Social Exchange Theory
- Comparison Lvl (CL): Expectations for a relationship
- SATISFACTION = Outcomes - CL
- If outcomes > CL: satisfied
- If outcomes < CL: dissatisfied
- SATISFACTION = Outcomes - CL
- Comparison Lvl for Alternatives (CLalt)
- Next-best alternative
- DEPENDANCE = Outcomes - CLalt
- If outcomes > CLalt: stay
- If outcomes < CLalt: leave
- Comparison Lvl (CL): Expectations for a relationship
- Four Types of Relationships
- Satisfied, stay
- Dissatisfied, stay
- Satisfied, leave
- Dissatisfied, leave
- Investment Model
- Commitment = Satisfaction - Alternatives + Investments (things one would lose if the relationship ended)
- Equity Theory
- Our rewards and costs should be proportional to our partner's:
- Own Outcomes/Our Inputs = Ps Outcomes/P's Inputs
- Underbenefitted vs Overbenefitted
- Our rewards and costs should be proportional to our partner's:
- Exchange vs Communal Relationships
- Exchange:
- Immediate reciprocity expected
- Keep close track of inputs
- Communal:
- Immediate reciprocity not expected
- Respond to needs
- Don't keep track of inputs as closely
- Helping others boosts our mood
- Exchange:
- Social Exchange Theory