Human Desire To Fit In

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psychology

[Paper Title]:

Human Desire To Fit In

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Human Desire to Fit In

Two common ways of handling a situation are either to do so

according to onešs own personal needs and desires with no

specific regard to other people, or one can base a decision on

how it will be viewed by others. The vast majority of people

fall on the side of being worried about what others are saying

and thinking. Both good and bad can come from living this way,

but it has seemed to remain constant throughout history. People

have a natural desire to belong, and to fit in with a certain

group. No matter what group an individual chooses, that

individual almost always is forced sacrifice a part of

them self in order to seem more a part of things. People in this

world seem to need companionship and are often too weak to stand

alone. As a result, they stand together in what ever group they

are best suited to.

It is a point of interest to many of the people who have stopped

to think about this fact. The idea that people live according to

how others will perceive then has been established as the rule,

not the exception. The real question now lies in the reasons for

this way of life. It was hypothesized by C.S. Lewis that this

desire to belong and to fit in is a natural human characteristic.

He believed that people have an instinctive drive to belong, in

the same sort of way species reproduce. It is possible that his

theory of instinctive necessity is accu

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