PSYC 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Standard Deviation, Critical Role, Tylenol (Brand)
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Humans have a pervasive drive to form an maintain at least a minimum quantity of lasting, positive, significant interpersonal relationships. Whereas attachment emphasizes the idea that certain types of relationships fulfill certain types of needs, the need to belong theory suggests that relationships re somewhat interchangeable in their ability to satisfy needs. Someone without family or friends could find some other way to satisfy their need to belong. The idea that humans are social and that belongingness is important for a happy life is not new. A great deal of human behavior and thought is caused by this fundamental interpersonal motive. Affectively pleasant interactions with a few other people: persistent caring. These interactions need to take place in stable and during relationships that are marked by an affective concern for the other person"s welfare. Implications would suggest that multiple pleasant interactions with strangers would not satisfy the need to belong. Unsatisfied needs should lead to pathology (medical, psychological, behavioral)
