Medium of exchange

David Letterman confessed that he had sex with the female staff who work on his show. The Social Exchange Theory can help explain why he confessed the way he did concerning this issue. According to our text, “we make decisions about and engage in behaviors we expect to be rewarding” (pg. 378). The Social Exchange Theory, in short, explains and predicts. Furthermore, it explains why people tend to maximize their rewards and minimize their costs. For Letterman, he decided to confess this way…

Take a quick second to recall the last time you went online. Did you perhaps browse your newsfeeds on Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat? If so, you’re in great company. According to Time Magazine, the average American checks social media approximately 46 times a day! We live in a time where our life is centered around social media and maintaining the perfect online profile. The “perfect profile” is centered around a large group of friends to comment, like, and share your posts. An article…

Oh no I think I see them again. Oops, my bad, let's start at the beginning when it all started. It was July 7, 2013 and I was waking up to go to Sagemont Summer Camp. I put on my bathing suit and drove to Sagemont to load the buses. I got there and found my friend Dillon, a kid a met at camp and he became my best friend, and we picked the last seat in the back. I sat in the aisle, my favorite seat on a bus, right next to the group of kids we hated. John, the leader of the group, sat in the aisle…

The social exchange theory is one of my favorite theories we have discussed so far because it is something I now realize I do all the time, especially with the abundance of new relationships that develop in college. The specific relationship I am going to analyze is my friendship with a girl I have known since I was in kindergarten. This girl has always been one of my best friends, and she offers many rewards to the relationship. She goes to A&M, but that does not stop us from face timing each…

I interviewed Oscar's teacher as well as the professional support vision, and one on one aide. For his regular teacher I asked him about Oscar's strengths and weakness in the classroom. He told me that Oscar is very docile and polite student. He is learnable quickly. He follows the directs and do exactly whatever I ask him to do. For his weakness, his teacher told me that Oscar requires assistance with meals due to his eating disorders. He does eat very well, which effects on the performance. I…

developers should capitalize on this if it wants to turn its tough market situation around. Another important point would be the foreign currency exchange rates that would be offered under CISFCES. The only possible options for CISFCES here to actually attract international students who would subscribe to their service would be to follow the pricing or exchange rate model by the National Bank of Canada or go lower than the prevailing…

A. The New Zealand Exchange or the NZX is subsidized by the New Zealand Clearing and Depository Corporation and has branches both at other parts of New Zealand and Australia. It is described as a company that “builds and operates capital, risk, and commodity markets and the infrastructure required to support their clients”. Apart from this, they also provide information, data, tools, and the like related to agriculture sector of the two aforementioned countries that could help their clients…

Two individuals named Janice and Sean have decided to participate in a dating interview in order to be paired with another individual. They both ended up getting paired together after the process is over. During Janice’s interview, she describes herself as a foodie and enjoys cooking in her spare time. She becomes inspired when she watches cooking shows on television and later will put the recipes to the test in the kitchen. Her favorite meal to cook it pasta especially different flavors of…

Son Ho SOCO 101 Exchange Theory in Romantic Relationship Exchange theory is the sociological theory that views problem between two parties from the perspective of choices made on the basis of rewards and costs. This social exchange framework is useful for understanding romantic relationships within a relational context, and helps me to have a better understanding about relationships just by focusing on the give-and-take between the two partners. The basis of the social exchange theory as…

As stated in an article, “social exchange theory is based on the exchange of rewards and costs to quantify and values of outcomes from different situations for an individual” (Hirschman). The first example of this I would like to discuss is between Sgt. Ryan and Shaniqua Johnson. Ryan is used to having power work to his advantage as noticed from other scenes in the movie; so he goes to her office in hopes of reaping a reward in the exchange between the two. He now finds himself in a position…