Belonging + Rational Value

Question 1

Belonging definition

Answer 1

• Baumeister + Leary
• Humans have a pervasive drive to form + maintain at least a minimum quantity of lasting, POs + sig interpersonal relationships

Question 2

Establishing Relational value

Answer 2

-maintain belonging by promoting acceptance + reducing likelihood of being ignored
- relational value gives access to companions, friends, romance
-maintaining relational value maintains belonging
- perceived as likeable, successful + attractive = high relational value

Question 3

Relational value definition-leary

Answer 3

• The degree others value interacting + having relationships with an indiv
• important to you = high relational value
  -Less important = low relational value

Question 4

4 dimensions of relational value

Answer 4

-Leary + Allen->
-Likeability
- competence + success
-shared goals + norms
-physical appearance

Question 5

Likeability+ relational value

Answer 5

• Carnegie -> best way to foster acceptance is to pleasant + friendly
  -Ahyun-> people more likely form relationships with similar indivs
• Gordon > flattery + doing favours = high likelihood of being liked

Question 6

competence + success + relational value

Answer 6

-competent people provide useful skills
- achievement = recognition + acceptance
- competence + success = accepted + valued
-Thornton et dl-> Tendency to claim less knowledge correlates with each other + preventing other being ‘put off’

Question 7

shared goals + norm + relational value

Answer 7

-Being a good group member
-Schachter’s study showing rejection of indivs deviating from norms
- people must conform to implicit perspectives, tastes + habits group

Question 8

Physical Appearance+ Relational value

Answer 8

• more attractive people are more liked
  -Langlois et al-> Meta-analysis showed attractive children + adults judged + treated more pos than unattractive

Question 9

21st century + relational value

Answer 9

• Gross -> ppts did exclusion task to reduce relational value
• Group 1 -> played Tetris
• Group 2-> online chat
• Group 2’s relational value increased higher than group 1
• online chat can help enhance relational value