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[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 122 (5) of Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (see record 2022-52639-002). In the article (https://doi. org/10.1037/pspi0000253), due to a mistake in generating Figure 4, two histograms were distorted as the tallest bar in each histogram was completely omitted. The online version of this article has been corrected.] Philosophers and scientists have long debated the nature of human social interactions and the prevalence of mutual dependence, conflict of interests, and power asymmetry in social situations. Yet, there is surprisingly little empirical work documenting the patterns of interdependence that people experience in daily life. We use experience sampling to study how people think about 3 dimensions of interdependence in daily life and how these dimensions relate to cooperation. In Study 1, 139 romantic couples (n= 278) reported on …