EDS210H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Ingroups And Outgroups, Psychological Abuse, Interpersonal Deception Theory
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Any relationship can be challenged by one partner"s failure to meet the other"s expectations, by attempts to maintain a relationship over long distance, or by social biases against certain types of relationships. Violations of relational expectations: failure events and interpersonal. Socially based relationship expectations to given types of relationships including their rewards and costs. May decide to de-escalate or terminate relationship due to this. May modify the expectations so that the violation is no longer there. Implicit understandings represent an unspoken compact between the partners about the relationship and each other. Explicit understandings are stated compacts and agreements. Failure events: violations of understandings between people in interpersonal relationships. Some failure events are so minor they are ignored. Others are seen as unfaithfulness and transgressions. The most severe violations can have a traumatic impact on the relationship. Severity can vary depending on who"s affected. What you see as minor can be sever to your partner.
