Hey fellow Escapists, I'm working on a video I plan to post on Youtube as relates games, but my research skills have failed me. I'm kind of hoping one of y'all might know the name of what I'm looking for.
Basically, it's this phenomenon I've noticed in my own life, so I gotta figure someone else has seen it, too. So, everbody's got some kind of power, right? Power to make decisions (like voting), power to inflict harm, any kinda power. Can even be imaginary power of very little meaning, like having plenty of ammo in an FPS, just to bring a video game example.
Suppose for a minute that power gets taken away. Not instantly and completely, but in degrees. Like, in the video game example, say you're playing said FPS and there're these little, incredibly hard to hit enemies that start stealing your ammo. You get swarmed by the little bastards, you've got no chance to kill them all. They start taking your grenades first, then they move onto your rockets, or whatever. If you see yourself losing those rockets, which you were previously saving for a boss fight or some subboss or whatever, and you know now that you're not going to have said rockets any more, you're more likely to use them on the little zippy thief guys, right? Use it before you lose it, right?
I'm pretty sure the phenomenon occurs IRL and in more situations than just the one I've described. Going back to the political example above, if your rights start getting taken away, you're likely to start enjoying the ones you have left before they go away, or you use your right to vote more, to make sure you don't lose any more.
That's the concept I'm trying to nail down. Loss of power equals willingness to use remaining power. I've been trying to find it on Wikipedia and in psychology journals, but to no avail. Have any of you heard of this concept, and know what it's called and where I can learn more?
Basically, it's this phenomenon I've noticed in my own life, so I gotta figure someone else has seen it, too. So, everbody's got some kind of power, right? Power to make decisions (like voting), power to inflict harm, any kinda power. Can even be imaginary power of very little meaning, like having plenty of ammo in an FPS, just to bring a video game example.
Suppose for a minute that power gets taken away. Not instantly and completely, but in degrees. Like, in the video game example, say you're playing said FPS and there're these little, incredibly hard to hit enemies that start stealing your ammo. You get swarmed by the little bastards, you've got no chance to kill them all. They start taking your grenades first, then they move onto your rockets, or whatever. If you see yourself losing those rockets, which you were previously saving for a boss fight or some subboss or whatever, and you know now that you're not going to have said rockets any more, you're more likely to use them on the little zippy thief guys, right? Use it before you lose it, right?
I'm pretty sure the phenomenon occurs IRL and in more situations than just the one I've described. Going back to the political example above, if your rights start getting taken away, you're likely to start enjoying the ones you have left before they go away, or you use your right to vote more, to make sure you don't lose any more.
That's the concept I'm trying to nail down. Loss of power equals willingness to use remaining power. I've been trying to find it on Wikipedia and in psychology journals, but to no avail. Have any of you heard of this concept, and know what it's called and where I can learn more?
