#5 How to lose like a champion

Talk Psych to Me

English - January 31, 2020 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 46 ratings
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In time for the Super Bowl, we talk winning and losing psychology, including body language, power posing, almost losing, almost winning, BIRGing, CORFing, and how to be a great loser.

Further Reading:

The spontaneous expression of pride and shame: Evidence for biologically innate nonverbal displays by Tracy and Matsumoto (2008)Power Posing: Brief nonverbal displays affect neuroendocrine levels and risk tolerance by Carney, Cuddy, and Yap (2010)P-curving a more comprehensive body of research on postural feedback reveals clear evidential value for power-posing effects by Cuddy, Schultz, and Fosse (2018)Can losing lead to winning? by Berger and Pope(2011)Without my medal on my mind: counterfactual thinking and other determinants of athlete emotions by Kudrna, Kavetsos, Foy, and Dolan (2016)Basking in reflected glory: Three (football) field studies by Cialdini et. al (1976)The development of Basking in Reflected Glory (BIRG) and Cutting off Reflected Failure (CORF) measures by Spinda (2011)The effects of the win/loss record on cohesion by Boone, Beitel, and Kuhlman (1997)

Produced by Scarlet Moon Things
Music by Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy, and Richard Kimmings