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Chelseaamend

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Which of the following ideas is NOT consistent with social exchange theory (including Rusbult's expansion of the theory)?
 
  a. Your rewards and your costs determine your outcome in a relationship.
  b. Your outcome compared to your comparison level determines your satisfaction with a relationship.
  c. Your commitment, your rewards, and your costs determine your comparison level of alternatives.
  d. Your satisfaction, your investment, and your comparison level of alternatives determine your commitment to a relationship.

Question 2

According to Rusbult's investment model of relationships,
 
  a. some relationships are communal, in the sense that people are not concerned about the rewards they are getting from their partners.
  b. the main predictor of whether people will stay in a relationship is how satisfied they are with that relationship.
  c. some women stay in abusive relationships because they have a high investment in the relationship and they have poor alternatives.
  d. when deciding whether to stay in a relationship, people rarely consider their comparison level.


dantucker

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C


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