class 5:Commitment Model

Question 1

Commitment

Answer 1

The strength of one’s
intentions to continue a
relationship

Question 2

commitment can be seen througt languague

Answer 2

we did that,us not u and i did that

Question 3

Types of Commitment (Johnson, 1985)

Answer 3

• PERSONAL COMMITMENT( ‘‘I want to stay’’)
• STRUCTURAL (CONSTRAINT)
  COMMITMENT ( ‘’ I need to stay’’) - religion,kids,economic relience,culture?,legal
• MORAL COMMITMENT(‘’ i ought to stay’’) - internal feelings - Flá

Question 4

Personal Commitment

Answer 4

“Personal dedication to the continuation of a line of action” (Johnson, 1985, p.3)

Components:
1. Attraction to one’s partner
2. Attraction to the relationship
3. Definition of self in terms of the relationship

Question 5

Structural (Constraint)
Commitment

Answer 5

“Events or conditions which constrain an individual to continue a line of action once he or she has initiated it, regardless of his/her personal commitment to it …

Components :
* Irretrievable investments
* Termination procedures
* Social pressures
* Attractiveness of available alternatives

Question 6

Moral
Commitment

Answer 6

Moral obligation to the
maintenance of the relationship

Question 7

for a reletionship to have commitment does not mean just one of the three
( personal commitment,moral commitment,structural comment)

Question 8

Increasing Commitment

Answer 8

• Explicitness of the behavior -public vs. Private
• Importance of relationship -
  who are you telling?
• Degree of irrevocability
  – written vs. verbal
• Number of actions/effort

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