Motivation To Interact
Gudykunst's next set of axioms suggest that our motivation to interact with strangers is directly related to the fulfillment of needs. First, we have a need to trust others to behave favorably or at least in an expected manner. Second, and only in the context of intergroup relations, we need to feel inclusion with the group or anxiety will surely develop. Paradoxically, the third need that Gudykunst points out is our need for self-concept confirmation. We want to be included in the group, but not to the extent that our identity is lost in the crowd.
Axiom 6: An increase in our need for group inclusion when interacting with strangers will produce an increase in our anxiety. Boundary Condition: This axiom holds only when we are not mindful. (Gudykunst, 2005, p. 295)
Axiom 7: An increase in our need to sustain our self-conceptions when interacting with strangers will produce an increase in our anxiety: Boundary Condition: This axiom holds only when we are not mindful. (Gudykunst, 2005, p. 295)
Axiom 8: An increase in the degree to which strangers confirm our self-conceptions will produce a decrease in our anxiety. Boundary Conditions: This axiom holds only when our anxiety and uncertainty are between our minimum and maximum thresholds, and when we are not mindful. (Gudykunst, 2005, p. 296)
Axiom 9: An increase in our confidence in our ability to predict strangers' behavior will produce a decrease in our anxiety; a decrease in our anxiety will produce an increase in our confidence in predicting strangers' behavior. Boundary Conditions: This axiom holds only when our anxiety and uncertainty are between our minimum and maximum thresholds, and when we are not mindful. (Gudykunst, 2005, p. 296)
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