Social Organism Need

A Social Organism Need is a psychological need that is a social need that motivates social organisms to fulfill requirements essential for their social functioning and group survival.

• AKA: Social Species Need, Collective Organism Need, Group Living Need.
• Context:
  • It can typically drive Social Organism Behavior through social organism interaction patterns.
  • It can typically shape Group Dynamics through social organism coordination mechanisms.
  • It can typically influence Survival Strategy through social organism adaptation processes.
  • It can typically regulate Social Structure through social organism hierarchy formation.
  • It can typically maintain Species Continuity through social organism reproduction patterns.
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  • It can often manifest across Species Boundarys through social organism convergent evolution.
  • It can often vary with Environmental Pressure through social organism ecological adaptation.
  • It can often integrate with Individual Needs through social organism balance mechanisms.
  • It can often evolve through Natural Selection via social organism fitness advantage.
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  • It can range from being a Basic Social Organism Need to being a Complex Social Organism Need, depending on its social organism cognitive requirement.
  • It can range from being a Universal Social Organism Need to being a Species-Specific Social Organism Need, depending on its social organism taxonomic scope.
  • It can range from being an Innate Social Organism Need to being a Learned Social Organism Need, depending on its social organism acquisition pattern.
  • It can range from being a Constant Social Organism Need to being a Situational Social Organism Need, depending on its social organism temporal expression.
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• Examples:
  • Communication Needs for social organism information exchange.
  • Cooperation Needs for social organism mutual benefit.
  • Hierarchy Needs for social organism order establishment.
  • Territory Needs for social organism resource control.
  • Acknowledgment Needs for social organism validation seeking.
  • Validation-Seeking Needs for social organism external confirmation.
  • Group Acceptance Needs for social organism inclusion requirement.
  • Protection Needs for social organism safety maintenance.
  • Bonding Needs for social organism relationship formation.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Individual Survival Need, which focuses on solitary organism requirements.
  • Physiological Need, which addresses biological functions rather than social requirements.
  • Solitary Behavior Pattern, which avoids social interaction.
• See: Social Need, Psychological Need, Group Living Advantage, Social Evolution, Collective Behavior, Social System, Organism Need, Behavioral Ecology, Social Psychology, Ethology.

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