Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Secret Ballot, Social Comparison Theory, Crisis Management
25 Jan 2018
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A group is a collection of three or more people who interact with one another and are interdependent. Needs and goals cause them to rely on one another " Assembled together for a common purpose -> ex. citizens meeting to solve a community problem" You in uence them and they in uence you " Forming relationships with others ful lls a number of basic human needs " Roy baumeister and mark leary (1995) argue that in our evolutionary past, there was a substantial survival advantage to establishing bonds with other people " People were better able to hunt and grow food, nd mates and care for children " Helps us de ne who we are forms our identity " Students at mount allison university had a sense of belonging that they believed would help them become the self they aspired to be in the future " Motivates people to become involved in social change "
