Source
The Ritual Effect
Michael Norton
Michael Norton's book on the psychological function of rituals — non-instrumental, meaning-laden sequences of action distinct from habits — across weddings, funerals, sport, relationships, and workplaces. Source for nearly all of Episode 200, including the rain-dance uncertainty-control research, the baseball batting-vs-fielding ritual-frequency observation, the marshmallow self-control ritual study, the green-necklace children's ritual study, the workplace ritual trust-game study, and the merger ritual-clash picture-description study (see Ritual Effect (Non-Instrumental Meaning-Making)).
Discussed in
- Episode 200 — 200-this-harvard-professor-studies-our-weird-rituals