Social Psych IIII

Need to belong

a fundamental, universal human motivation to form and maintain stable, positive relationships.

Pressman et al. (2005) loneliness study

• Students responded to questionnaires

• Gave students flu shot

• Students with high levels of loneliness and a small social network had poorer immune response to vaccine

• Loneliness was also related to greater psychological stress, and negative affect

Social surrogacy hypothesis

Need for relationships is so strong that individuals use non human surrogates as social connection when actual interaction lacks

What are the two factors that shape relationships?

Personality (biological)+Attachment (learned)

Big 5 personality traits