PSY327H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Casual Dating, Motivated Reasoning
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The mutual exchange of desirable rewards with others. Rewards: gratifying experiences and commodities we obtain thru our contact w/ others. Outcomes: net profit/loss a person encounters: outcomes = rewards - costs. Satisfaction does not depend on relative amounts alone. Describes value of the outcomes that we believe that we deserve. Neutral point on continuum from misery to delight. Standard by which satisfaction is determined: satisfaction depends on whether current outcomes meet or surpass your expectations (cl, satisfaction = outcomes cl, dissatisfaction = outcomes cl. ****decision to stay is not just based on satisfaction, also depends on available alternatives. Outcomes we can receive by leaving our current relationships and moving to the best alternative partnerships available. Standard by which dependence on our relationship is determined. Greater the discrepancy between current outcomes and our poorer alternatives, the more dependent we are. In the real world, level of clalt is not easy to calculate .
