Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> People work toward basic needs, such as food, first. After food, shelter,
> finances are taken care of, then social bonding will become important.
> Social bonding is secondary to the immediate physical needs.
One must distinguish task, kinship and informal social groups. In gregarious species such as ours, I suppose coorperation for hunting, gathering and mutual defense, i.e. task-oriented bonding, especially among early nomadic communities, would have been coincident historically with the "work toward basic needs" you describe.
Bob
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> From: Cynthia <cyn386@flash.net>
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> > I think in time of plenty, social bonds widen. People in extreme poverty
> > tend to only care about their immediate family.