Separating Yourself from the Pack

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain Media

Arts, Science, Performing Arts, Social Sciences

4.6 • 40.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever gotten into a heated argument about politics? Maybe you’ve said something you're not proud of during game night with friends, or booed the opposing team at a sporting event. Psychologist Mina Cikara studies what happens in these moments — when our mindset shifts from “you and me” to “us and them.” This week on the show, Mina shares the profound ways that becoming a part of a group shapes our thoughts, feelings and behaviors.

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0:00.0	This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedyapur.
0:07.0	In June 2011, the Stanley Cup finals were underway in Vancouver.
0:12.0	The city's beloved home hockey team, the Kanaaks,
0:15.0	were playing against the Boston Bruins.
0:18.0	It was game 7.
0:20.0	The team that won would take home the cup.
0:25.0	In the last seconds of the game,
0:29.0	Tim Thomas of the Bruins defended the goal and secured the championship for Boston.
0:35.0	For the first time in 39 years, the Boston Bruins have won the Stanley Cup.
0:41.0	Meanwhile, crowds began forming outside of the stadium in downtown Vancouver.
0:48.0	They were upset.
0:51.0	Just a few blocks from the stadium, fans decked out in Kanaaks jerseys began destroying the city.
0:57.0	They smashed windows and looted local businesses.
1:01.0	Cars were overturned and set on fire.
1:11.0	Jim Chu was police chief at the time.
1:13.0	He was working crowd control just blocks away from the center of the chaos that day.
1:18.0	Ten years later, he reflected on what happened that evening.
1:23.0	It's hard to explain what happens when people get into a crowd mentality.
1:27.0	And some of these riders told us I got caught up in the moment.
1:31.0	One of the reasons I want to talk about it.
1:33.0	What could lead people to wreak havoc on their own city?
1:36.0	How could ordinary fans so easily turn into violent rioters?
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