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Nye, F. Ivan – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1980
Small isolated theories can be restated as choice and exchange theory; in effect, incorporating them into the theory. The procedure employed is to state the implicit or explicit propositions of the small theories in ordinary language, then restate and extend them. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship