Social Need

A Social Need is a socially-driven psychological need that motivates social organisms to engage in social interactions and maintain social relationships essential for psychological well-being and group survival.

• AKA: Social Requirement, Interpersonal Need, Relational Need.
• Context:
  • It can typically drive Social Behavior through social need activation processes.
  • It can typically shape Group Formation through social need affiliation mechanisms.
  • It can typically influence Communication Patterns through social need expression channels.
  • It can typically regulate Social Distance through social need proximity control.
  • It can typically maintain Social Bonds through social need reinforcement cycles.
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  • It can often manifest as Gratification Response through social need fulfillment.
  • It can often vary across Cultural Systems through social need normative expression.
  • It can often interact with Individual Needs through social need balance mechanisms.
  • It can often determine Social Status through social need hierarchy navigation.
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  • It can range from being a Basic Social Need to being a Complex Social Need, depending on its social need sophistication level.
  • It can range from being a Universal Social Need to being a Species-Specific Social Need, depending on its social need evolutionary scope.
  • It can range from being a Explicit Social Need to being an Implicit Social Need, depending on its social need expression mode.
  • It can range from being a Survival-Critical Social Need to being a Enhancement Social Need, depending on its social need necessity level.
  • It can range from being a Dyadic Social Need to being a Collective Social Need, depending on its social need group dimension.
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• Examples:
  • Belongingness Need for group membership.
  • Affiliation Need for social bonding.
  • Acknowledgment Need for social recognition.
  • Love Need for intimate connection.
  • Esteem Need for social respect.
  • Communication Need for information exchange.
  • Cooperation Need for mutual benefit.
  • Hierarchy Need for social order.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Solitary Need, which emphasizes individual functions rather than social interaction.
  • Physiological Need, which addresses biological functions rather than social requirements.
  • Self-Sufficiency Drive, which promotes independence rather than interdependence.
• See: Social Organism, Gratification, Compulsive Action, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Model, Social Psychology, Group Dynamic, Social System, Psychological Need, Social Behavior, Affiliation, Socializing, Social Approval, Mutual Recognition.

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References

2022

• (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gratification Retrieved:2022-11-2.
  • Gratification is ... It is also identified as a response stemming from the fulfillment of social needs such as affiliation, socializing, social approval, and mutual recognition. ...

2015

• https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-are-social-needs-in-maslows-hierarchy-definition-examples-quiz.html
  • QUOTE: ... ...
    • Social needs refer to the need to have relationships with others once the physiological and safety needs have been fulfilled. Maslow considered the social stage an important part of psychological development because our relationships with others help reduce emotional concerns such as depression or anxiety.
    • Social needs, the third level in Maslow's hierarchy, refers to psychological and emotional needs.

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