The Hidden Code of Connection – Part 3 : Hardwired for Affiliation: Love, Loss, and the Need to Belong
The Hidden Code of Connection 1 Architects of Reality: How the Social Mind Predicts the World 2 Compliance and Conversion: Navigating the Pressures of Social Influence 3 Justifying the Unthinkable: Authority, Aggression, and Moral Compromise 4 Us vs. Them: The Psychology of Intergroup Conflict and Identity 5 Hardwired for Affiliation: Love, Loss, and the Need to Belong ← Series Home The Visceral Pain of Social Exclusion The final pillar of the social universe concerns the most fundamental relationship of all: the interpersonal connection. Humans are social animals hardwired with a biological need to form bonds. The intensity of this need is best shown by its denial, through ostracism—exclusion from a social group. Social psychology experiments reveal the impact of ostracism is incredibly broad. ...