Expertly Selected by Dr. John F Murray Why do people suddenly ‘get into’ football during the World Cup? People’s behavior during the World Cup is very interesting for us psychologists, as we can see many examples of the theories we use in action. Social identities are aspects of our personality that relate in some way […]
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Expertly Selected by Dr. John F Murray We Help People Who are Like Us The psychology of affiliation is fascinating. People like those who are just like us. It’s not simply this. We have a tendency to really help those who are similar to us. In one study, for example, people were very nice and […]
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Sports Psychology Football – Goals to Grow Confidence and Mental Strength The psychology of fanatic football fans There’s a very famous psychology experiment that was done in the 70s that was called the Minimal Group Paradigm and they were trying to figure out what were the minimal conditions for establishing group membership. The found that using […]
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