Social Behavior
Understanding how people behave in social contexts
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Why do people avoid conflict?
People avoid conflict to maintain relationships, reduce anxiety, avoid discomfort, protect their self-image, preserve harmony, and because conflict can feel threatening or overwhelming.
Read more →Why do people exclude others?
People exclude others to maintain group boundaries, protect social status, or reinforce their own sense of belonging and identity.
Read more →Why do people follow social norms?
People follow social norms to gain social acceptance, avoid rejection, maintain order, and simplify decision-making in social situations.
Read more →Why do people form cliques?
People form cliques to create a sense of belonging, establish social identity, and gain security through exclusive group membership.
Read more →Why do people form groups?
People form groups for survival, protection, resource sharing, social belonging, identity formation, cooperation, and to accomplish goals that individuals cannot achieve alone.
Read more →Why do people help strangers?
People help strangers due to empathy, social norms, evolutionary benefits, personal values, the helper's high, and because helping others makes us feel good and strengthens communities.
Read more →Why do people seek approval?
People seek approval to feel accepted, maintain social connections, boost self-esteem, reduce anxiety, and because approval from others was essential for survival throughout human evolution.
Read more →Why do people seek validation?
People seek validation to feel valued and accepted, boost self-esteem, reduce self-doubt, confirm their worth, and because external validation was important for survival throughout human evolution.
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