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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... situation in which the actions of one person provide the rewards or punishments for the actions of another person and vice versa. Though many features of behavior emerge from exchange that would not have appeared without it, one of the ...
... situation in which the actions of one person provide the rewards or punishments for the actions of another person and vice versa. Though many features of behavior emerge from exchange that would not have appeared without it, one of the ...
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... situations help us to distinguish between classical economics and some of the other social sciences. Economics is much less interested in relationships than the others are. Indeed the others are profoundly interested, for relationships ...
... situations help us to distinguish between classical economics and some of the other social sciences. Economics is much less interested in relationships than the others are. Indeed the others are profoundly interested, for relationships ...
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... situations, first to exchange, or social behavior, then to repeated exchanges between two persons, which we may call a relationship between them, then to the elaboration of that relationship and finally to the development of patterns of ...
... situations, first to exchange, or social behavior, then to repeated exchanges between two persons, which we may call a relationship between them, then to the elaboration of that relationship and finally to the development of patterns of ...
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... situations and relationships sometimes shy away from applying them to close relationships (e.g., Deutsch, 1975; Lerner, 1975; Rubin, 1973; Sampson, 1975). Rubin (1973), for instance, takes an uncertain stance regarding the ability of ...
... situations and relationships sometimes shy away from applying them to close relationships (e.g., Deutsch, 1975; Lerner, 1975; Rubin, 1973; Sampson, 1975). Rubin (1973), for instance, takes an uncertain stance regarding the ability of ...
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... situations ought to seek out partners with whom they anticipate interaction will prove rewarding. Another assumpton of exchange theory is that one must be able to provide rewards in order to get them. An actor, therefore, must consider ...
... situations ought to seek out partners with whom they anticipate interaction will prove rewarding. Another assumpton of exchange theory is that one must be able to provide rewards in order to get them. An actor, therefore, must consider ...
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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