PSYC 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Positive Illusions, Physical Attractiveness, Ovulation
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Similarities between gay and lesbian couples: but, research is a bit lacking within mainstream social psychology. Social exchange theory costs vs. benefits: stay in relationship if costs are less than benefits, even the cost-benefit analysis has psychological components. Depends on own comparison level expectations. Some people are very reductionist in how the approach this work. If you"re really invested, you stay in it cognitive dissonance (inertia build up) Maybe you"re not getting a lot of benefits, but maybe at least they"re proportionate (few benefits, few costs vs. many benefits, many costs) If you think that"s the best you can do, you stick with it. A twist: diekmann (1997: students at stanford and san jose state (poorer, less resources) because they wanted people to be able to point to different reasons for allocations. San jose or evaluate allocation made by scholarship committee.
