Book contents
- Intimate Relationships Across Cultures
- Advances in Personal Relationships
- Intimate Relationships Across Cultures
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Spotlights
- Collaborators
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Why Was This Book Written?
- 1 How Do We Know What Matters in Intimate Relationships?
- 2 Why Do People Seek Intimate Relationships?
- 3 How Are Intimate Partners Selected?
- 4 What Is Love and How Is Intimacy Expressed?
- 5 How Do Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors Matter?
- 6 What Are the Dynamics of Exchange and Power?
- 7 How Do Couples Cope with Conflict?
- 8 How Do External Factors Matter in Intimate Relationships?
- 9 How Do Intimate Relationships Relate to Well-Being?
- 10 How Do the Predictions Combine in Comprehensive Models?
- 11 How Much Do the Levels of Factors Vary?
- 12 What Are the Implications of the Study?
- 13 How Might the Findings Apply to Other Social Relationships?
- Epilogue: What Future Research Is Needed?
- Glossary of Statistical Terms
- Boston Couples Study Publications
- References
- Index
6 - What Are the Dynamics of Exchange and Power?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 June 2019
Book contents
- Intimate Relationships Across Cultures
- Advances in Personal Relationships
- Intimate Relationships Across Cultures
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Spotlights
- Collaborators
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Why Was This Book Written?
- 1 How Do We Know What Matters in Intimate Relationships?
- 2 Why Do People Seek Intimate Relationships?
- 3 How Are Intimate Partners Selected?
- 4 What Is Love and How Is Intimacy Expressed?
- 5 How Do Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors Matter?
- 6 What Are the Dynamics of Exchange and Power?
- 7 How Do Couples Cope with Conflict?
- 8 How Do External Factors Matter in Intimate Relationships?
- 9 How Do Intimate Relationships Relate to Well-Being?
- 10 How Do the Predictions Combine in Comprehensive Models?
- 11 How Much Do the Levels of Factors Vary?
- 12 What Are the Implications of the Study?
- 13 How Might the Findings Apply to Other Social Relationships?
- Epilogue: What Future Research Is Needed?
- Glossary of Statistical Terms
- Boston Couples Study Publications
- References
- Index
Summary
Blau (1964) viewed social interaction as a process of social exchange, in which one person gives rewards to another, and the other is obligated to reciprocate by giving something appropriate back. We are taught a norm that we are supposed to reciprocate (such as Christmas gifts and birthday presents), but even more important is the need to reciprocate to obtain future rewards. What is exchanged includes not only tangible things like goods and assistance but also intangible things like advice and love. For example, mothers who unselfishly do things for their children want love in return.
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- Intimate Relationships across CulturesA Comparative Study, pp. 101 - 111Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019