We looked at the four economic theory of the maintenance of relationships today. All agree with the basic idea of Social Exchange theory, which is itself very similar to the Reward / Need theory (which you can use as a theory of maintenance as well as a theory of formation, as long as you're clear). This is that relationships can be understood from the behavioural perspective - they form and are maintained according to the principles of reinforcement.
Your task for homework is to prepare for a timed essay question on Thursday which will involve the evaluation of theories of maintenance and breakdown. The second page of
this sheet which we went through in the lesson (I haven't given you the second page on paper yet) has prompts for evaluation - have a go at these and we will review quickly at the start of Thursday's lesson. I will upload here later today.
And bring your story! (See post below)
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