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Social Exclusion and Selective Memory: How the Need to belong Influences Memory for Social Events

Gardner, Wendi L., Pickett, Cynthia L., Brewer, Marilynn B.·2000·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
DOI 10.1177/0146167200266007
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The need to belong has been forwarded as a pervasive human motive, influencing a range of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses. The current research explored the influence of belongingness needs on the selective retention of social information. Just as physical hunger results in selective memory for food-relevant stimuli, it was hypothesized that social hunger, aroused when belongingness needs were unmet, would result in selective memory for socially relevant stimuli. In two studies, the authors used a simulated computer chat room to present brief acceptance or rejection experiences to participants. Participants then read a diary containing both social and individual events. In both, rejection experiences resulted in selective memory for the explicitly social events of the diary. The implications of these results for the existence and consequences of a basic need to belong are discussed.

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Authors
Gardner, W. L., Pickett, C. L., & Brewer, M. B.
Affiliations
  • Northwestern University (US)
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
  • The Ohio State University (US)
Corresponding author
Gardner, Wendi L.
ORCID
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2000-04
Volume
26
Issue
4
Pages
486-496
ISSN
  • 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7433
DOI
10.1177/0146167200266007
OpenAlex
W2047554183
Cited by
578
References
30
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2026: 18 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 37 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 39 · 2015: 34 · 2014: 41 · 2013: 27 · 2012: 32
FWCI
8.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords
need to belong, social exclusion, selective memory, acceptance and rejection, social gatherings, basic psychological needs

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