1. Identify what Social Exchange Theory is and the researchers that developed it.
2. Using 1-2 scholarly sources (the UNLV library database, Google Scholar) unpack the theory you've selected and give a brief background on the theory's development. Use APA in-text citations and references.
3. Explain why your theory is considered a "communication theory."
4. Take your theory and choose 4 of the 6 constitutions (Testable; Falsifiable; Heuristic; Parsimonious; Logically consistent and Pleasing to the Mind) and explain how each of those 4 constitutions are defined in your theory.
5. Identify which goal(s) your theory has and explain why you think your theory fits this goal.
6. Select which of the seven theoretical traditions your theory fits into and justify your answer. If you think your theory fits into more than one, explain why.
   • A quick note, this will require you to dig a bit deeper into the readings about the 7  traditions in order to connect all of the dots.

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Social Exchange Theory developed by sociologists John W Thibaut and Harold H Kelley is a fundamental concept in the study of human relationships and i... View the full answer