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Your post on rational choice and social exchange framework greatly explained these two theories. In my opinion, your description of the social exchange framework closely relates to this week's discussion about the Romani people. As you explained, the theory is built on individuals coming together in a group to maximize their rewards, like the family structure of the Romani people. Children are taught to work and contribute to the family income by learning a family trade, often with no flexibility. As White explained, a reward is anything that is perceived as beneficial to an actor’s interests. A simple way to conceptualize cost is as the inverse of rewards. It is important, however, to include as costs or negative rewards the opportunities for rewards that might be missed or forgone that are associated with a specific choice (White, 2019). Social exchange theory is focused on behavioral psychology and economics while it looks at social relationships through the lens of exchanges. Similar to the rational choice theory, individuals analyze the risks between cost and benefit and make a decision based on the benefit exceeding the risk. You provided a perfect example of how to use this framework related to the FNP role, and how within this role you are to provide patients with education and allow them to make their own decisions. References
White, J.M., Klein, D.M., & Martin, T.F. (2019).  Family Theories  (5th ed. ).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
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