PSYCO241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 74: Influenza Vaccine, Surrogacy, The Need
26 Mar 2019
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Need to belong: desire to form social relationships is fundamental - we need to be part of stable, healthy bonds with family members, romantic partners, and friends in order to function normally. Is universal: can lead to mental & physical health problems when unmet, e. g. , depression, anxiety, pain, aggression. The need to connect and belong is so strong that we sometimes use proxies for relationships: social surrogacy hypothesis, e. g. , tv characters, lit. characters can satiate the need to belong. Typically programmed with ai: ai can go horribly wrong, e. g. , microsoft"s tay bot. Inadvertent rejection is likely consequence of making ai act like people: particularly with human-trained ai. One person even told the robot to get f***ed as they walked out of the room. The big five: largely hereditary, strong biological basis, relevant to a number of interpersonal processes. Attachment: sense of security, partly learned, close others, childhood adulthood, big-5 personality traits. Variety, novelty, & curiosity: vs. consistent and cautious.
