CH4 GROUP FORMATION Flashcards
oriented primarily
toward social experiences
extraversion
degree to which
one’s values, attitudes and outlooks
emphasize, and facilitate
establishing and maintaining
connections to others
relationality
3 needs of social motivation
- need for affiliation
- need for power
- need for intimacy
feeling of
apprehension and embarrassment
experienced when anticipating or
actually interacting with other
people
social anxiety
one’s basic
cognitive, emotional, and behavioral
orientation when in a relationship
with others
attachment style
two types of attachment styles
- anxious
- avoidant
most likely to seek groups
in experiences and preferences
Many Positive Prior Experiences
may be
uncertain to join groups
in experience and preference
Little Prior Experiences
may
avoid groups
Negative Prior Experiences
choose
to join other people to gain the
information they need to allay their
anxiety
misery loves company
seek out those who face the same
threat and are knowledgeable
misery loves miserable company
results in inhibition
Embarrassed Misery Avoids
Company
a type of social comparison selecting targets who are worse off
than they are to protect self-esteem
Downward Social Comparison
a type of social comparison that a
person compares him/herself to
others who are better off than s/he
is.
Upward Social Comparison
6 principles of attraction
- proximity principle
- elaboration principle
- similarity principle
- complementarity principle
- reciprocity principle
- minimax principle
a principle of attraction where people join
groups that just happen to be close
by.
proximity principle
a principle of attraction where tendency
for groups to expand as members
form dyadic associations with
someone who is not in the group
and thereby draw the nonmember
into the group.
elaboration principle
a principle of attraction where people are
attracted to those who are similar to
them in some way.
similarity principle
a principle of attraction where tendency forgroup members to like
people who are dissimilar to them in
ways that complement their personal
qualities.
complementarity principle
a principle of attraction where tendency
for liking to be me with liking in
return.
reciprocity principle
a principle of attraction where people join
groups and remain in groups that
provide them with the maximum
number of valued rewards while
incurring the minimum number of
possible costs.
minimax principle
a principle of attraction where people join
groups and remain in groups that
provide them with the maximum
number of valued rewards while
incurring the minimum number of
possible costs.
minimax principle
