INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS SET
FULL QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTION
●● What are rewards in the context of social exchange?
Answer: Results of an interaction that are gratifying, welcome, and
fulfilling.
●● What are costs in social exchange?
Answer: Consequences that are frustrating, distressing, and undesirable.
●● How is the outcome of an interaction calculated in social exchange?
Answer: Outcome = Rewards - Costs
●● What two criteria does interdependence theory suggest we evaluate
our relationship outcomes with?
Answer: What we expect from our relationships and how well we think
we can do with other partners.
●● What cultural changes have influenced relationships according to the
text?
, Answer: Women working, increased mobility, availability of partners
online, and decreased legal/social barriers to divorce.
●● Why are costs particularly influential in relationships?
Answer: Negative events carry more psychological weight than positive
events.
●● What is the minimum ratio of rewards to costs needed to maintain
satisfaction in a close relationship?
Answer: At least 5-to-1.
●● What are the two motivations we try to achieve in close
relationships?
Answer: Gain positive outcomes (approach motivation) and avoid
negative outcomes (avoidance motivation).
●● What is a common phase that most developing relationships
experience?
Answer: A lull where partners' pleasure stalls.
●● What happens to marital satisfaction over time on average?
Answer: It tends to decline.
●● What can cause unanticipated costs in relationships?
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS SET
FULL QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
SOLUTION
●● What are rewards in the context of social exchange?
Answer: Results of an interaction that are gratifying, welcome, and
fulfilling.
●● What are costs in social exchange?
Answer: Consequences that are frustrating, distressing, and undesirable.
●● How is the outcome of an interaction calculated in social exchange?
Answer: Outcome = Rewards - Costs
●● What two criteria does interdependence theory suggest we evaluate
our relationship outcomes with?
Answer: What we expect from our relationships and how well we think
we can do with other partners.
●● What cultural changes have influenced relationships according to the
text?
, Answer: Women working, increased mobility, availability of partners
online, and decreased legal/social barriers to divorce.
●● Why are costs particularly influential in relationships?
Answer: Negative events carry more psychological weight than positive
events.
●● What is the minimum ratio of rewards to costs needed to maintain
satisfaction in a close relationship?
Answer: At least 5-to-1.
●● What are the two motivations we try to achieve in close
relationships?
Answer: Gain positive outcomes (approach motivation) and avoid
negative outcomes (avoidance motivation).
●● What is a common phase that most developing relationships
experience?
Answer: A lull where partners' pleasure stalls.
●● What happens to marital satisfaction over time on average?
Answer: It tends to decline.
●● What can cause unanticipated costs in relationships?
