FRHD 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Small Talk, Active Listening, Antioch College
12 Feb 2015
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Development of a relationship reflects the unfolding of social exchanges. These involve the rewards and costs of maintaining a relationship compared with the rewards and costs of ending it: abc(de) model. Attraction: become aware of the other and find them enticing. Building: a number of factors determine whether we will develop a relationship or not (e. g. , level of attraction, similarity of attitudes) Continuation: established patterns of interacting remain stable. Ending: when partners find little satisfaction in the affiliation, when the barriers to leaving are low, and especially when alternative partners are available, reeling in a date. Most online dating sites cater to niche markers and can be costly. Plentyoffish. com is free, open to all, and offers only the basics yet it is the most popular dating site in canada. Revenue comes from google ads, and because of low operating costs, largely funnel to marjus frind, who runs the site.
