social motivation

• autonomy: sense of personal control
• competence: we experience a deep sense of well- being
• self- esteem: a gauge of how valued and accepted we feel
• insecure anxious attachment: constantly craving acceptance but remaining vigilant to signs of possible rejection
• avoidant attachment: feeling such discomfort over getting close to others that they employ avoidant strategies to maintain their distance
• ostracism: social exclusion (ex. exile, imprisonment)
• cyberostracism: it elicits increased activity in brain areas such as the anterior cingulate cortex (activated in response to physical pain)
• acetaminophen lessens social as well as physical pain
• narcissism: self- esteem gone awry; self important and self- promoting
• social rewards- our need for affiliation is driven by psychological factor