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Question 1

Joining groups: Personality Group-Fit

• Extraversion
• Agreableness
• Openess
• Conscientiousness
• Neuroticicm

Answer 1

• Extraversion: Team-oriented, cooperation
• Agreeableness: Cooperation, avoid aggressive and competitive
• Openness to new experiences: More likely to join a spiritual movement than traditional religious group
• Conscientiousness: Detail- and task oriented, more likely to join the Navy SEALS
• Neuroticism: Provide stability, more likely to join a gang

Question 2

Joining groups: gender differences

Answer 2

Women:
• Score(slightly)higher on relationality
• Seeksmaller,informal, intimate groups
Men:
• Seeklarger, more formal, task-focused groups

–> These differences are likely due, in part, to gender roles and sexism (rather than biological differences)

Question 3

Joining groups: social motivation (3)

Answer 3

1. Need for affiliation
2. Need for intamicy
3. Need for power

Question 4

Genes in loners and joiners

Answer 4

There are loners, but because of evolutionary purposes the genes that seeked groups (affiliation) survived and are way more people than the loners now.

Question 5

Self-esteem evolution

Answer 5

Self-esteem is not the evolution of your worth, it is an indicator how well you are included in social groups

Question 6

Joining groups depends on.. (5)

Answer 6

1. Personality
2. Gender differences in what groups
3. Social motivation
4. Anxiety and Attachement
5. Attitudes, experiences and expectanties

Who?

Question 7

Affiliation in joining groups.. (3)

Answer 7

1. Social Comparison
2. Stress and Affiliation
3. Social Comparison and the Self

When?
> Depends on the situation (e.g., ambiguous, tasks)

Question 8

Attraction for joining groups.. (2)

Answer 8

1. Principles of Attraction
2. The Economics of Membership

Relationships?
> Depends on attraction between people, for groups form when individuals find they like one another.

Question 9

Affiliation becomes more likely in some situations and less likely in others.

Answer 9

People tend to affiliate in
• uncertain and bewildering conditions
• stressful circumstances
• fearful or embarassing circumstances

By joining a group they can gain the information and social support they need to help them cope with difficult circumstances.