You might have heard the old Groucho Marx quip, "I wouldn't belong to any club that would have me for a member." From a self-esteem perspective in social psychology, what would be a more accurate-if less humorous-statement?

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People tend to value memberships more when they have to put in effort or endure hardship to gain entry, a concept known as effort justification in social psychology.

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