Rewards and costs are an important component of social exchange theories of relationship development. Which one of the following statements about rewards and costs is accurate?

a) Rewards are concrete events, whereas costs are abstract events.
b) Events that were once rewarding may become costly over time.
c) What is rewarding for one person will always be rewarding for another person.
d) People are motivated to minimize rewards and maximize costs.


b) Events that were once rewarding may become costly over time.

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One of the main reasons that abstinence-only education (AOE) is unrealistic is because ____

a. today's trends show that there is a large gap between the time people reach sexual maturity and when most people decide to marry b. most teenagers are not able to withstand peer pressure c. most teenagers are not mature enough to understand how to control their urges d. public school educators are likely not to receive the appropriate training to teach AOE

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a. obstructed vas deferentia c. twisted spermatacord b. undescended testes d. insufficient spermatogenesis

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What will be an ideal response?

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