Exam 2 MMC3703 Study Guide Benefits of Sports Fanship o Joy that we get from watching our team win o Atmosphere o Idea of building community Multidimensional Three benefits we receive by being sports fans Emotional Cognitive behavioral social but before we get there on a basic human level not just sports fans we have evolutionary and psychological needs that are met through group identification Sports can be one of those groups There are a lot of groups you can be involved in to meet these needs We NEED groups Most basic function of humans survival of the fittest strength in numbers we cannot survive without groups Definition of group identification an acquired cognitive response within a person experienced emotionally wherein some of the attributes motives characteristics and affective states of another become part of the person s psychological organization such that s he reacts to events occurring to the other as if they occurred to him her Acquired Response something that you don t think about you do think about hanging out with certain kids in elementary school but you don t think about loving your mom as a baby Ex when a friend breaks up with someone we feel sad for them what are those needs that lead us to seek out group identification belonging and affiliation needs from a study It is the basic connections that we initially need people feel a part of a distinctive group we have a desire to distinguish friend vs foe Self image and terror management When we have low self esteem thoughts of our own death come up In order to get rid of these feelings we seek out experiences that will boost our self esteem Exam 2 MMC3703 Study Guide You don t identify yourself with people that bring you down but how do sports meet these needs Sports are ONE of the ways that people seek identification offer a form of group identification team identification but how do sports meet these needs offer a form of group identification team identification extent to which 1 a person feels a psychological connection to a team athlete and 2 the performances by the team athlete are viewed as self relevant how do we come to acquire group team identification through sports Process of socialization the process in which we are raised Socialization is the process of learning to live in and understand a culture by internalizing its values beliefs attitudes and norms four main socializing agents where we learn how to identify with particular groups School Family Friends Peers Community in which we live but why do we identify with particular teams athletes 3 main reasons psychological environmental and team related psychological reasons need for belonging desire to be part of a distinctive group self esteem we choose what team is winning only idiosyncratic self selection Example someone becomes a fan of the Giants because someone cool is wearing a Giants jersey too environmental reasons family friends Fathers are the biggest influences geographic location repeated exposure through media direct contact with athlete teams are similar to us Exam 2 MMC3703 Study Guide stadium team related reasons team performance reputation of organization player team perceived to be similar to fan Exam 2 MMC3703 Study Guide hated rival player attractiveness We choose specific teams to be fans of them There are psychological implications for our fanship We identify with groups as a necessity and therefore those psychological implications have a direct impact on this Team identification is fairly stable within sports fans But why particular teams athletes Environmental reasons 1 Friends and family are the NUMBER ONE REASON Friends and family have great influence over us o Males in their lives are even more of an influence o The reality is that fathers are the most important in influencing sports There are times when we have direct contact with people that fan ship followed by brothers o 2 Geographic location Where you live has an impact You are more in contact with it o 3 Repeated exposure through media o 4 Direct contact with athlete leads to direct fan ship o 5 Stadium Attachment to a certain place occurs Team related reasons o Team Performance Something about the team itself People like a team that is a winning team o Reputation of organization Boston Celtics in late 1960s 1970s Many basketball fans said that the Celtics did things the right way and played the right way back then Ex The U in the 80s didn t have the best reputation o Player team perceived to be similar to fan o Hated rival o Player attractiveness Tom Brady David Beckham Nielsen Ratings Over the three hours of the game zero percentage of people watched the Houston Astros Sports viewing appeal and effects Exam 2 MMC3703 Study Guide o People seek out live sports for ENJOYMENT When we talk about enjoyment it is the feeling of happiness This feeling of happiness is an emotional state Disposition theory of sports spectatorship Pleasure center We are never guaranteed that pleasure feeling w sports Enjoyment is not an either or It is on a continuum It explains the process of enjoying those live games people love to watch Ultimately the Disposition theory of sports spectatorship suggests that there are two major players o 1 The teams and participants involved the emotional connections we have to them The term disposition refers to this relationship o 2 The outcome who wins Disposition Theory of Sports Spectatorship Where you fall on the spectrum shows the valence that comes back to that outcome If a team that you love wins you are expected to be on that outcome of that contiuuum People love a winning team It suggests that enjoyment of a sporting event should increase when the beloved team wins Conversely the stronger your feeling towards the losing team the more strongly your negative reaction The model is based on how strongly your affiliations are with the emotional reactions you have If you don t care for any of the teams and don t have emotional investment in the teams it wont affect your outcome or enjoyment as much That emotionality is based on the teams Our emotional reactions to our outcome Maximum enjoyment should come from a team you love beating a team that you hate Conversely Maximum Disappointment should come from when a hated team defeats your most beloved team The emotional attachments on this continuum really has an impact We seek sports for enjoyment primarily Does enjoyment come from other places other than just the teams Exam 2 MMC3703 Study Guide