Which statement is not true of the need to belong?
a. we are social animals with a need to belong.
b. with close, intimate relationships, we tend to be healthier.
c. humans in only some cultures use ostracism to regulate behavior.
d. happiness is feeling connected, free, and capable

Humans in only some cultures use ostracism to regulate behavior is NOT true of the need to belong.  

Option C

Explanation:  

The "need to belong" can be explained as an idea that humans have a basic motivation to be accepted into relationship with others and to be a part of social groups. In other words, human beings must establish social relationships with others and maintain a minimum quantity of enduring relationships with others. It includes being more social with family, friends or anyone.

The relationship must be more positively maintained and less negatively in order to have high self-satisfaction. Being more socialistic makes humans even happier. This is what the need to belong theory is all about but the c options do not justify this theory.

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