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exchange orientation  

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  • Exchange orientation, as originally defined by Bernard Murstein, refers to the tendency to believe that one's relationships with others should be governed by a principle of reciprocity such that favors and gifts should be exchanged equally among the parties involved in those relationships. That is, when one person in a relationship receives a gift or favor from the other, he or she should repay that person with an approximately equivalent gift or favor. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Exchange Orientation]

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