PSYCH 4830 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Social Exchange Theory
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Fill-in-the-blank (0. 5 point each, 2 points total: marc and tara have been married for four years, and they lived together for two years before marrying. Marc has a master"s degree and a lucrative job as a software engineer. Tara has a bachelor"s degree and runs a small yoga studio part-time. The difference in their educations and incomes is an example of the (b. ) The couple recently adopted two small children, so tara has curtailed her work hours to care for them. They report that their household duties are fairly divided. Tara cleans house and does the laundry, whereas marc takes care of the yard work. They put the children to bed together each night. On a typical night, tara does some housework and marc watches television before bed, but this seems fair to them since marc spends all day at work and tara works outside the home part-time. This division of labor is typical of a (c. ) modern marriage.
