Social Exchange in Developing RelationshipsRobert L. Burgess, Ted L. Huston Social Exchange in Developing Relationships is a collection of papers that deals with the systematic study of the development of relationships. The papers discuss several theoretical perspectives, such as evolutionary theory, personality theory, cognitive developmental theory, equity theory, role theory, and attribution theory. One paper discusses romantic relationships—the evolution of first acquaintance to close or intimate commitment. Another paper presents the hypothesis that the factors causing a relationship to begin will also probably steer intermediate cognitive processes, eventually influencing the nature of the relationship. Commitment requires specific concepts such as input levels contributed to the relationship, duration of these inputs, and their consistency of occurrence. The equity theory suggests that equity principles determine the selection of one's mate and how they (the partners) will get along in the future. One paper analyzes the dynamic theories of social relationships and the resulting research strategies: that the conceptualization of a parameter of a social relationship can affect the choice of data collection techniques and other matters. Sociologists, psychologists, historians, students, and academicians doing sociological research, can benefit greatly from this collection. |
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... dependent on, among other things, such factors as the status of the other, the other's physical beauty, and the similarity of the other's attitudes, personality, and social characteristics to one's own. Recent reviews of the literature ...
... dependent on, among other things, such factors as the status of the other, the other's physical beauty, and the similarity of the other's attitudes, personality, and social characteristics to one's own. Recent reviews of the literature ...
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... dependent, yet less ambivalent and insecure in their relationship. They increasingly begin to recognize their mutual dependency, and to have reason to trust that their partner needs them just as much as they need their partner. Some ...
... dependent, yet less ambivalent and insecure in their relationship. They increasingly begin to recognize their mutual dependency, and to have reason to trust that their partner needs them just as much as they need their partner. Some ...
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... dependent on network reSOUlrCeS Interaction is frequent, and relationships of long duration Large Low; few are tied by kinship Low; considerable variation exists with regard to the proportion of people with kin Pluralism within ...
... dependent on network reSOUlrCeS Interaction is frequent, and relationships of long duration Large Low; few are tied by kinship Low; considerable variation exists with regard to the proportion of people with kin Pluralism within ...
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... dependent variable? Where is the beginning of a relationship? The answer may be: at the point where one person attends to another. Many theorists have argued that attention must occupy a central place not only in perceptual theory but ...
... dependent variable? Where is the beginning of a relationship? The answer may be: at the point where one person attends to another. Many theorists have argued that attention must occupy a central place not only in perceptual theory but ...
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... dependent” on the other. These theorists may be interpreted to posit that a person (P) is dependent on another (O) to the extent that: (a) P has some need; (b) P perceives that O possesses the resources that P needs; (c) there is some ...
... dependent” on the other. These theorists may be interpreted to posit that a person (P) is dependent on another (O) to the extent that: (a) P has some need; (b) P perceives that O possesses the resources that P needs; (c) there is some ...
Contents
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Beyond the Dyad Approaches to Explaining Exchange in Developing Relationships | 195 |
Epilogue | 379 |
Author Index | 409 |
Subject Index | 419 |
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