Anticipation of Future Interaction and the Estimation of Current Rewards

• Main Author: Pannen, Donald E
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 01.04.1981
• Subjects: Behavior Patterns; Expectation; Human Relations; Interaction; Interpersonal Relationship; Prediction; Rewards; Social Cognition; Social Exchange Theory; Social Reinforcement

The evaluation of rewards and costs incurred in the context of interaction is central to equity and exchange theories of interpersonal behavior; however, the question of how this assessment is affected by the anticipation of future interaction has not been directly investigated. If the maintenance o...