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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... woman's memory, her tastes in color, food, climate and language, the precise clinical dimensions of her visceral, cranial and reproductive tracts, the conditions of her teeth, hair, skin, toenails, eyesight and bronchial tree, that he ...
... woman's memory, her tastes in color, food, climate and language, the precise clinical dimensions of her visceral, cranial and reproductive tracts, the conditions of her teeth, hair, skin, toenails, eyesight and bronchial tree, that he ...
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... woman must write to her lover [1950 (orig., 1857), p. 332]. Why might people remain in a relationship which is no longer satisfying? One reason is that people sometimes feel that the failure of a close relationship represents a personal ...
... woman must write to her lover [1950 (orig., 1857), p. 332]. Why might people remain in a relationship which is no longer satisfying? One reason is that people sometimes feel that the failure of a close relationship represents a personal ...
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... women they married when they were very young,” she quipped. There may be wisdom as well as wit in Ms. Longworth's remark (quite apart from the general status of women that it reflects). It directs those of us who marvel at some of the ...
... women they married when they were very young,” she quipped. There may be wisdom as well as wit in Ms. Longworth's remark (quite apart from the general status of women that it reflects). It directs those of us who marvel at some of the ...
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... woman, for example, refers to a situation in which the man and woman do not as yet know each other or have only a nodding acquaintance. Examples of such “open field” situations are “mixers,” presence in a large school class at the ...
... woman, for example, refers to a situation in which the man and woman do not as yet know each other or have only a nodding acquaintance. Examples of such “open field” situations are “mixers,” presence in a large school class at the ...
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... women volunteered to participate in a study of heterosexual dating relationships. These individuals had contacted the Laboratory for Research in Social Relations in response to an advertisement and had indicated that they were not ...
... women volunteered to participate in a study of heterosexual dating relationships. These individuals had contacted the Laboratory for Research in Social Relations in response to an advertisement and had indicated that they were not ...
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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