HDFS 1070 Lecture 22: Lifetime Partnerships
15 Oct 2016
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Lifetime partnerships - filtering the pool of eligibles. 90% of adults participate in a lifetime partnership at least once. Marriage like relationship, intention to live life with person. Well being in adult years is related to well being in adult relationships. Quality of adult interpersonal relationships largely determines life satisfaction along with jobs, income. Developmental history and family of origin have to influence the selection. Rewards: find gratifying, benefits, rewarding attributes and qualities, what we find attractive. Costs: endure in negative way from being in relationship. Outcomes: rewards in comparison to the costs, rewards-costs. Comparison levels (cl: our subjective beliefs about what we can expect in a relationship. What"s salient(important to you personally: each make judgments about rewards, costs, outcomes based on personal beliefs, assessments, views about what we deserve personally. Come from family of origin, developmental experiences (select our partner out of a big pool of eligible"s) Don"t just pick randomly, pick people personally.
