Social Interdependence & Goals

1. Person 1 Y X -10 +10 X -10 +10 Person 2 +5 -5 Y +5 -5 Social Interdependence & Goals

2. Person 1 Y X +10 -10 X -10 +10 Person 2 -5 +5 Y +5 -5 Social Interdependence & Goals

3. Person 1 Y X +8 +5 X 0 +5 Person 2 +1 0 Y +1 +8 Social Interdependence & Goals

4. Person 1 Y X +8 +8 X +8 +8 Person 2 +8 +8 Y +8 +8 Social Interdependence & Goals

5. Social Interdependence & Goals • Goal Structures • Cooperative • Competitive • Mixed • Independent (Individualistic) • Type of goal structure influences interaction and effectiveness

6. Social Interdependence and Interaction • Type of interdependence determines type of interaction. • Cooperative goals facilitate promotive interaction • Giving and receiving help • Exchanging resources and information • Giving and receiving feedback • Challenging each other’s reasoning • Encouraging increased efforts to achieve • Mutual influence • Using interpersonal and group skills • Process observation

7. Social Interdependence & Goals • Goal Structure & Reward Allocation • Equity • Rewards are allocated on the basis of contribution • Equality • Everyone receives the same reward regardless of contribution • Need • Rewards are distributed on the basis of need

8. Summary • Social interdependence exists when individuals share common goals and individual goal achievement depends on others • Goal structure influences interdependence • Cooperative goals result in • positive interdependence • promotive interaction • increased effort to achieve • better relationship quality • better psychological adjustment