Captain Sir Tom Moore and the Psychology of Heroism

The Stoic Psychology Podcast

Hello legends,
A rarity from me, using current events in an episode! Captain Sir Tom Moore passed away last week, and in this show, I pay a small tribute to the man who became a national hero and explore the research that has been carried out over the years into heroism and heroic acts.
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Music Credits:

Music has been licensed by Comma Music: commamusic.com
A clip from Sam Raimi's Spiderman 2 has been used at the beginning of the episode.
Studies mentioned:
Franco, Z. E., Blau, K., & Zimbardo, P. G. (2011). Heroism: A conceptual analysis and differentiation between heroic action and altruism. Review of general psychology, 15(2), 99-113.
Keczer, Z., File, B., Orosz, G., & Zimbardo, P. G. (2016). Social representations of hero and everyday hero: A network study from representative samples. PloS one, 11(8), e0159354.
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/what_makes_a_hero
https://blog.richmond.edu/heroes/2015/10/15/our-definition-of-%E2%80%9Chero%E2%80%9D/

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