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The Power of Us Harnessing Our Shared Identities to Improve Performance, Increase Cooperation, and Promote Social Harmony

Jay J. Van Bavel PhD

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Freakonomics Radio

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Freakonomics Radio

In the book, studies showed that college students were more likely to identify with their football team after a win and distance themselves after a loss, illustrating how fandom affects our sense of belonging.

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Last year, Van Bevel and his fellow psychologist Dominic Packer published a book called The Power of Us, harnessing our shared identities to improve performance, increase cooperation, and promote soci...

— Episode: 521. I’m Your Biggest Fan!

Episode: 521. I’m Your Biggest Fan!

In the book, studies showed that college students were more likely to identify with their football team after a win and distance themselves after a loss, illustrating how fandom affects our sense of belonging.

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Last year, Van Bevel and his fellow psychologist Dominic Packer published a book called The Power of Us, harnessing our shared identities to improve performance, increase cooperation, and promote social harmony.

Hidden Brain

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Hidden Brain

It was discussed in the podcast, exploring how group identities bring people together and tear them apart, as well as suggesting ways to apply the science of group identity for a better world.

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In their new book, The Power of Us, the psychologists J. Van Bevel and Dominic Packer explore how group identities pull us together and how they tear us apart.

— Episode: Group Think

Episode: Group Think

It was discussed in the podcast, exploring how group identities bring people together and tear them apart, as well as suggesting ways to apply the science of group identity for a better world.

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In their new book, The Power of Us, the psychologists J. Van Bevel and Dominic Packer explore how group identities pull us together and how they tear us apart.

Psychologists J. Van Bevel and Dominic Packer are the authors of The Power of Us, harnessing our shared identities to improve performance, increase cooperation and promote social harmony.

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