PSY 3102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: The Need, Industrial Revolution, Social Forces

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3102
• Professor: Yaroslav Konar

Document Summary

Strangers, friends and lovers: why is life so complicated: the need for af liation humans are hardwired to seek out others for a variety of reasons, this can be attributed to the need for af liation. Humans are motivated to seek out others especially in times of dif culty, fear, or uncertainty. Without comparing ourselves to others it is dif cult to gure out where we stand, if we are good at things, etc. In one experiment, half the participants were told that they would receive mild shocks and the other half told the participants they were going to receive strong shocks. Two thirds of the research participants who were going to receive strong shocks opted to wait with others rather than by themselves. Of those expecting painless shocks, only one third of people wanted to wait with others. 60% of those who were going to receive painful shocks opted to wait with others who shared their fate.