HDFS 1060 Study Guide - Final Guide: Casual Sex, Sand Art And Play, Storge
30 Oct 2014
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Ex: sex, stability, comfort: costs: punishing, undesirable experiences. Ex: financial expenditures, actual injuries, distance relationships, different goals, incompatibility, conflict, commitment, trust issues, stds: outcomes: net profit or loss a person encounters. Positive outcomes: if interaction is more rewarding than punishing: comparison levels: describes the value of the outcomes that we believe we deserve in our dealing with others. People with history of high rewarding partnerships are likely to have high cls; expect they deserve very good outcomes. If outcomes you receive exceed cl then you"re happy, vice versa. People with troublesome relationships expect have low cls. Outcomes cl = satisfaction of dissatisfaction or dependence or independence. Satisfaction derives from how our outcomes compare to our comparison levels: comparison levels for alternatives: determines if we could be doing even better somewhere else. Clalt s determine our dependence on our relationship. If you don"t have any viable alternatives then you are more dependent.
