PSYC 334 Midterm: Exam 2 Review

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 334
• Professor: Dylan Selterman

Document Summary

If doing well buy (comit); if not doing well sell (exit) Costs and rewards/benefits be able to describe them: outcomes = rewards costs. Net profit or loss a person encounters. Costs: time (less with friends, more with partner"s network), emotional risk, missing out on alternatives, distance, doing stuff don"t normally do: comparison level (cl) value of outcomes we believe we deserve (standards) Satisfaction: outcomes cl happiest betting at least as much as cl: comparison level of alternatives (cl alt) if could do better somewhere else. Outcomes received if you left current partner likely to leave for better even if you are satisfied in current relationship interdependency theory says we want best deal. Even if dissatisfied, unlikely to leave unless better alternative why people stay in bad relationships. Other things at play: investments in relationship, self esteem, only work if you are aware of alternatives. Dependence or independence = outcomes clalt: how cl and clalt have changed over time in society.