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Relational Models Theory: Business and friendship, and love oh my!

By Dr. Jeremy Sherman on December 27, 2009 in Ambigamy

Social psychology's Relational Models Theory suggests that we interact with each other following two distinct sets of social rules. One is business mode, in which you keep track of who owes what. The other is friendship mode, in which you don't keep track. Read More

This is my favorite of your articles so far.

Submitted by Blaise on December 29, 2009 - 5:48pm.

You gave me a way to think about something I said to a new coworker a few months ago. I told him, "I value effort more than results."

Thanks.

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Jeremy Sherman is an evolutionary epistemologist studying the natural history and practical realities of decision making.

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