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Need for affiliation

The need for affiliation (N-Affil) is a term which describes a person's need to feel a sense of involvement and belongingness within a social group. The term was popularized by David McClelland, whose thinking was strongly influenced by the pioneering work of Henry Murray, who first identified underlying psychological human needs and motivational processe…

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September 11 terrorist attack World Trade Center Stressor Fear Beepers

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Need Belongingness Social group David McClelland Henry Murray

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Need
Belongingness
Social group
David McClelland
Henry Murray
Motivational Motivation
Power Power (sociology)
Interpersonal relationships Interpersonal relationship
Leadership positions Leadership position
Impression management
Ingratiation
Door-in-the-face technique

Situations

September 11 terrorist attack
World Trade Center World Trade Center (1973–2001)
Stressor
Fear
Beepers Pager

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Need for affiliation

Nodes20

Edges19

Triples20

Avg. degree1.9

Density0.1

Components1

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Need for affiliation

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related to Situations · 17

Need for affiliation → Americans, By, For, If, In, Lorne Rosenblood, One, Research, Schachter, September, Shawn O'Connor, Situations, The, There, This, Thus, World Trade Center

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affiliation need others people relationships person individuals liking feel affiliate social individual sense achievement group first processes implication similarity compliance

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
a shared career or education	instance of	to deeper connections	0.80	text
adding the possibility of embarrassment to the already present stressor	instance of	if being with others may increase the negative aspects	0.80	text
the individual's desire to affiliate with others decreases	instance of	if being with others may increase the negative aspects	0.80	text
Need for affiliation	related to Situations	There	0.60	section
Need for affiliation	related to Situations	For	0.60	section
Need for affiliation	related to Situations	If	0.60	section
Need for affiliation	related to Situations	Thus	0.60	section
Need for affiliation	related to Situations	One	0.60	section
Need for affiliation	related to Situations	September	0.60	section
Need for affiliation	related to Situations	World Trade Center	0.60	section
Need for affiliation	related to Situations	This	0.60	section
Need for affiliation	related to Situations	Americans	0.60	section

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