Question

(a) Why is the “need to belong” motivation so strong in humans? (b) What happens to people who do not belong or are excluded from a group? (c) Give an example of an animal for which you would not hypothesize the “need to belong” motivation would exist

Answer 1

Human beings are social animals and the need to bring is so strong in human beings than in all the other animals. The word social means to live, share and communicate together. This is partly an evolutionary instinct because even most of the animals live together but none carries the emotional attachment as strongly as human beings. Some animals such as elephants even cry at the death of their baby elephant and birds such as crows heather around a dead crow showing their solidarit but they all can make up their lives without the help of anyone but human beings because of their emotional packing wants someone to be with them to talk, share, love and appreciate them.
If one don't have anyone and live in isolation for a long time they would become psychologically imbalanced and distress. In the absence of people around, one would long for food, sex and sharing ones emotions. Some people even commit suicide because there would be no one around. All the animals, even insects have belongingness need but not as strong as human being.