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Motivational Freaker
FromWe Have Concerns
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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Nov 10, 2016
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Podcast episode
Description
Basketball players that were grimly reminded of their own inevitable demise before playing took more shots and scored more points in a study published in an upcoming issue of Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. The researchers behind the experiments hypothesize that the pep-talk tactic fits with the established “terror management theory,” which proposes that humans are motivated to seek self-esteem, meaning, and symbolic immortality in order to manage their fear of death. This, of course, is right up Anthony's alley, and he and Jeff discuss how to use this effect practically.
Released:
Nov 10, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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