Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Sex Therapy, Omen, Outstrip

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Chris Roney

Document Summary

1: different ways of dealing with relationship problems. You might be an optimistic person but if a certain problem keeps coming back in the relationship you might become pessimistic in that situation. In rusbult"s model she argues the combination of these variables give you four styles. On the active side: if you"re an active pessimist, then you"ll leave (exit); if active optimist (voice) then will work on improvement to try and fix the problems and try to overcome them. On the passive side: optimistic and passive (loyalty) you will ride it out and wait for things to get better; if passive and pessimistic (neglect) you will just wait for your partner to break up with you. It"s apparent that if the relationship is worth investing in, the optimistic is usually better than pessimistic (but it does depend on the situation) Rusbult argues in favour of voice being the best way to deal with relationship problems.