Module 55: Affiliation and Achievement

• Affiliation Need is the need to form relationships and feel included
• Affiliation needs drive us to bond with those with who we can cooperate with.
• Diener and Seligman researched that happy relationships seem more satisfying than money
• The affiliation needs is part of Maslow's needs of Belongingness and Love needs, and Erikson's Intimacy vs Isolation
• We form close friendships in groups partially because we spend time with them, not necessarily on a deeper level
• Ostracism is when you exclude others in social situations
• Ostracism is designed to punish inappropriate social behaviours because they do not follow the social script
• Ostracism is used to shape the dynamic of a group
• Ostracism against someone contributes to aggressive behaviours
• Ostracism against someone can results in their brain activating in areas that respond to physical pain
• Self-disclosure is the process of revealing personal information to others.
• The positive influence of self-disclosure is that you can form and deepen relationships
• Self disclosure on the internet happens because you focus less on other's reactions and in result are more willing to share
• The negative influence of self-disclosure is bullying and oversharing
• Narcissism is the excessive self-love and egocentrism
• Those with narcissism are most active in social networking sites, which makes you more narcissistic, because social networking gives approval from others
• Grit is the ability to adapt to circumstances that are not ideal for them
• Carol Dweck made the Grit Development Predictors: not having a fixed and growth mindset
• A fixed mindset is when people believe their abilities cannot be changed or developed
• Discipline is more important than intelligence in predicting school performance through refining talent
• Humans' achievement motivation funnels through three things: mastery of skills, exercise control over what we do, and attaining excellence