Learning Objectives
- Define trust and explain the bases for it
- Discuss the nature of forgiveness and its impact on relationship rebuilding
- Explain cost-benefit theory, including its relationship to trust
- Explore relational situations, identifying factors contributing to the development of cooperative/supportive and competitive/defensive interpersonal climates
- Describe how lying affects interpersonal relationships
- Discuss how gender and culture influence the development of trust
- Describe how media portrayals and technology can foster or impede the development of relationships based on trust
- Identify and use behaviors that promote the development of trusting relationships