Social Exchange theory suggests that we are more likely to maintain relationships with people who we feel
Question:
Social Exchange theory suggests that we are more likely to maintain relationships with people who we feel benefit us more than the relationship costs us. Give an example of an interpersonal relationship in your life and give three examples of cost and benefit within it. Explain how the benefits outweigh the costs in this relationship.
Question 2
Using Knapp's model of relationship maintenance, explain the stages of coming together or coming apart using a relationship that you are a part of or one you have observed going through these stages.
Question 3
The model of relational dialectics suggests that in any close relationship we seek to balance opposing forces in our lives, such as connection and autonomy, openness and privacy or predictability and novelty. Explain how you balance one of these dialectic tensions in a close relationship.
Question 4
Give an example of how you might use an altruistic lie, and explain why you might choose to do so.
Question 5
Conflict is a normal part of relationships, and people choose different methods of dealing with conflict depending on the relationship and the situation. Describe a situation in which you might choose not to address a conflict using a nonassertive response, and explain why you might choose a nonassertive response over an assertive response.
Management Accounting Information for Decision-Making and Strategy Execution
ISBN: 978-0137024971
6th Edition
Authors: Anthony A. Atkinson, Robert S. Kaplan, Ella Mae Matsumura, S. Mark Young