The Power of Positivity | Brain Games

a moment ago we made this volunteer
believe she sunk a pair of blindfolded
free throws when earlier with no
blindfold she missed ten in a row how
will she do her second time at the line
now that she thinks she nailed those
blindfolded buckets Oh close so close so
close that’s number one all right keep
it going keep it going oh she’s
definitely getting closer but no baskets
yet you got this you got this you got
this
oh you oh wow
by making her think she sank those
blindfolded shots and by cheering and
giving her positive reinforcement it’s
almost like we hacked her
self-confidence and got her to believe
more in her natural abilities in fact
out of ten shots this time around she
ended up making for quite an improvement
but what if one of our volunteers was
already good at basketball whoa this
guy’s got game
he made a whopping nine shots from the
line think there’s anything we could do
to make him worse
okay so let’s have you take one shot all
right you think you can do it guys
all right Josh let’s give it a shot
three two one not quite not quite but
it’s all right let’s let him let him try
a second time it’s a tough one all right
Wow let’s give it a shot Josh all right
all right well look the man the man is
blind okay let’s go ahead and take off
the blindfold so listen it wasn’t as
easy as we thought but let’s have you do
your you’re ten throws again without the
blindfold okay do you think nine out of
ten maybe ten out of ten okay let’s say
you guys got his a say game on
my gosh whoa
all right Josh got this man you got this
all right that’s two
remember this guy made nine free-throws
earlier but now it looks like the crowds
negative reinforcement is throwing him
off his game