Problem
• Someone is arguing that romantic, sexual relationships are the only attachment relationships that adults have. Why has this person has drawn this conclusion and how do you respond to their claims?
• Sarah and Mark have been together for about a year and have been pretty happy with their relationship. They have decided to maintain a long-distance relationship while Mark is doing a semester abroad in Spain and Sarah does fieldwork with her professor in a small poor village in Tanzania, Africa. They will be able to keep in touch regularly whenever Sarah is able to get the solar panels working to power up her laptop and the village wireless signal is working.
From a social exchange perspective, do you think their relationship satisfaction and dependency on the relationship will increase, decrease, or stay the same during this semester abroad? Be sure to talk about whether there will be differences for Sarah or Mark based on their circumstances. Be specific about your analysis and refer explicitly to information in the question and the relevant concepts from interdependence theory that are the basis of your explanation.