Winner/Loser effect

[sserafim]

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347200916506?via=ihub

Basically: if you win a competition you are more likely to continue winning. If you lose a competition you are more likely to lose the next until you develop an anxious or submissive personality. This pattern is seen almost ubiquitously among all the animal kingdoms so it obviously applies to humans as well. The thing is that humans aren't as black and white when it comes to who is a loser and who is a winner

 

[Suicidebydeath]

What if winner but anxious/sub? lol.

 

[lkjhgfdsa1]

Even though I am competitive at heart, I lost the game that is life.

And I am a really bad loser. If I cannot win, then I don't want anything.

It's really all or nothing for me.

That's why I am suicidal lol

 

[sserafim]

Even though I am competitive at heart, I lost the game that is life.

And I am a really bad loser. If I cannot win, then I don't want anything.

It's really all or nothing for me.

That's why I am suicidal lol

Go big or go home

 

[lkjhgfdsa1]

Go big or go home

you understand

 

[damyon]

Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_effect
The Matthew effect of accumulated advantage is the tendency of individuals to accrue social or economic success in proportion to their initial level of popularity, friends, and wealth.

so it obviously applies to humans as well.

Why though?

 

[DeathWish3301]

Probably related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_effect


Why though?

Right, the Matthew Effect is exactly what this is.

 

[falling_snow]

Not only our own perceptions, people's perceptions and judgements affect this too.
For example, you lose a really important match and your coach leaves you; it gets harder to get another one. It's a very bad analogy, but just to say that other people also have an effect.