Anthropology student Miriam Chaiken noticed that there was a division between two groups of female college students; members of sororities and non members. Humans have a need for belonging to a group in order to feel secure and socialize with others. Miriam created a hypothesis to challenge this statement. Her hypothesis was that sorority members have a higher need for group identity while non members are often more independent. Miriam created a survey for the female students that questioned their involvement in extracurricular activities and college classes. Her study found that involvement in high school student government was three times higher for the women in sororities. This reinforced Miriam’s hypothesis because participation in student
