- Was developed by social scientists.
- Explains the give and take in relationships.
- Takes an economic approach-relationships have costs and benifits.
- Benifits of being in the relationship must equal or outweigh costs of the relationship.
- High cost for someone else's benefit equals being exploited.
Relationships: Cost:
- Pleasure in spending time together. - Time spent together instead of elsewhere.
- Social and emotional support recieved. - Emotional ans social support given.
- Intelectual growth through discussion. - Dissapointments and hurt feelings.
- Excitement of new activites. - Mentl strain of dissagreements.
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