There are a number of determinants attributed for the motivation of man's behavior. Knowledge, reason, rationality,irrationality, instincts, will, free will, hedonism, unconsciousness , drive, needs, fear, hate, happiness, are examples of concepts used to describe man's conduct. Attitude is defined as a subtle way of thinking or feeling about someone or something typically one that is reflected in a person's behavior. This disquisition pertains to anti semitic attitudes and beliefs ..
Back in 2014, Bo's Warriors Bo Schembechler and the Transformation of Michigan Football was published by Triumph Books. For material regarding mental toughness, I interviewed 8 players and coach Moeller from that illustrious team that beat Ohio State in 1969. There's a fierce rivalry between the two schools that some have called the greatest in the history of college football. There’s the existence of hate, aggression ; coaches have been fired and crazy behavior has been expressed by fans loyal to their school for as long as I can remember.
In 1968, Ohio State embarrassed the University of Michigan in that game by scoring 50 points. With Ohio State's last touchdown, coach Woody Hayes went for a two point conversion. When asked why ,he replied because I couldn't go for three . U of M’s Bump Elliott was fired because of that embarrassing defeat and Bo Schembechler was hired.
On that cold November 22 ,1969 day ,Ohio State had a 22 game winning streak, defending National Champions and were ranked number one in the country. The Buckeyes were 17 1/2 point favorites and the Detroit Free Press depicted Ohio State steamrolling and trampling over the helpless Wolverines.
During that season, the painful memory of Ohio State's scoring 50 points was drilled into the minds of the players. The focus that season was for a triumph to overcome Ohio State aggressively to fight for revenge and to punish the Buckeyes. Fritz Seyfferth told me about his encounter with Jack Tatum( Tatum was referred to as an assassin when he played for the Oakland Raiders.when he took out and paralyzed Daryl Singley of the Patriots .Fritz,during the kickoffs ,looked for Jack Tatum in order to demolish him, dominate him, restrain him and prohibit him from making a play. Fritz was delighted with his performance against Tatum.Fritz’s Ego needs of Aggression, Exhibition ,Affiliation, and Dominance were clear.
Thom Darden and Mike Keller, were sophomores and starters. Thom remembered the coach saying, "They disrespected you. We're going to show them. Let's go get them. He pounded his fist through the blackboard exploding it. Then the seniors got up and started throwing chairs around. Tom said, "holy crap. I was scared to death. This was the rawhide of emotion. It was frightening. It was unbelievable, and something that he and many of his teammates had never experienced before." The Ego needs aggression, affiliation, exhibition and dominance were apparent.
Mike Keller said that coach Schembechler loved to insult his players. One practice, Coach was all over the field. He put his best players on defense and during those years, the defense would always beat up on the offense. Bo said if the other team can't score , they can't win. Mike learned that he could not let his teammates down by blowing or not knowing an assignment and that not going all out during practice or in the game, arriving late to a team meeting wasn’t allowed. Itl was about the team, the team. In fact, there was a sign above a door that said, essentially by sticking together as a team results in championships. Keller also said that if he got injured in a game he wanted to be carried off on a stretcher to show his toughness. It was his job on defense.to show aggression . Keller’s ego needs to dominate ,with aggression, affiliation, and exhibition were to make and carry on the tradition of Michigan football. It was also to excite, amaze, fascinate, entertain, shock and entice the fans. Michigan has one more college football game than any other college ..
The ego need of Achievement,is to accomplish something difficult ,to master human beings ,to overcome obstacles ,to attain a high standard to excel , surpass others and to increase self regard by successful exercise of talent . The ego need of Affiliation is to draw near, cooperate, reciprocate , to adhere and remain loyal to a friend. The ego need of Aggression is; to overcome opposition forcefully, to attack, to oppose forcefully ,to punish another .The ego need of Dominance is to control one's environment ,influence the behavior of others ,to restrain and prohibit . The ego need of Exhibition is to make an impression,to be seen, heard, and to excite . These were a few of the major ego needs expressed by the coaches and the players interviewed .
Another concept that affects human behavior was called "press." The press is essentially property, or an attitude that takes place in the environment affecting the person which facilitates or impedes his efforts to reach a driven goal . It pertains to power . Examples of press include but are not limited to are the well-being of the subject ;various family supports ,dangers, misfortunes, loss, and so forth.
According to Murray, a need is a construct which stands for force... In the brain region, a force which organizes perception,apperception, intellection, conation, and action.........The existence of a need can be inferred on the basis of selective attention in response to a particular class of stimulus objects. The expression of a particular emotion or affect.
The Anti-Defamation League or ADL has been in existence for over 100 years in the United States. Their mission is to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all. They fight anti-Semitism combat extremism, disrupt online hate and harassment, protect civil rights and challenge bias. In the 1960s, with the assistance of professors from the University of California, Berkeley , An Anti-Sematic measure was developed. This index was composed of a series of statements designed to assess and analyze anti semitic attitudes .
A few of the questions from the index are as follows : 1. Jews stick together more than other Americans. 2. Jews always like to be at the head of things. 3. Jews are more loyal to Israel than to America. 4. Jews have too much power in the business world. 5 Jews have too much control and influence on Wall Street 6. Jews don't care what happens to anyone but their own kind. 7. Jews have too much power in the United States today. 8. Jewish businessmen are so shrewd that other people do not have a fair chance at competition. 9. Jews are more willing than others to use shady practices to get what they want.
These anti-sematic Index questions are associated with the following ego needs . The ego needs of achievement, affiliation, aggression, exhibition , dominance and emotion of fear are clear and unambiguous about the perception and description of anti semitic attitudes towards Jewish people.
If the football players that express these ego needs are on your team, the result is satisfaction. You want your " team" to win and to be aggressive, dominant, and achieve with affiliation and exhibition in front of their loyal friends, family and fans. It's the victory that counts. On the other hand, it’s scarry,with fear and anxiety when the opposing team has these ego needs and is favored to win and that is disappointment. In other words, the same ego needs can result in either a favorable or unfavorable emotion and/or attitude depending on orientation. In essence, the same ego needs can be favorable or unfavorable and emotion of fear, which affects perception and attitude..
Briefly, Jewish slaves fled from Ramses the Egyptian Pharaoh roughly 6000 years ago and the prejudice, discrimination, hate and fear is still present .Jews were called the killer of Christ, the son of God and he was Jewish. Jews were accused of drinking the blood of the young gentiles they killed for Jewish religious ceremonies .Jews have been accused of taking over the world and so forth. These are all examples of ego needs of aggression ,affiliation ,exhibition dominance and emotion of fear .
More recently, almost 90 years ago, Hitler and the Nazis claimed the Jews were bad, evil for their society and must be eliminated. Yet, Ashkenazic Jews are considered to be the most intelligent and have contributed inordinately to our civilization. Freud. Einstein, Teller and Oppenheimer are only 4 examples of Ashkenazic Jews. 1. In 1933 approximately 0.77% of the German population was Jewish. Nazi leaders claimed the Jews owned up to 20%. 2. Porsche was formed in 1931 and its third co-founder was Adolph Rosenberger. Rosenberger fled Germany in 1935 and sold his share to Ferdinand Porsche's son, far below market value 3. Hitler and others were shown riding in cars, named after the granddaughter of a Hungarian rabbi. 4. BMW and other industries used slave labor from the concentration camps as well as taking over Jewish firms.
5. The Jews were responsible for Germany's World War I defeat, Versailles Treaty and the depression .These examples demonstrate Nazi hypocrisy that the Jews must be eliminated to make Germany and the Aryan race better. Jewish ego needs of aggression, affiliation, dominance and exhibition and the Nazi fear ,hypocrisy and their scapegoating propaganda employed are well-documented .According to Gov. Gavin Newsom, only 26% of California schools currently have formal Holocaust and genocide education programs in place. 74% do not. Of these programs, 72% indicated that their programs are required, while others were optional.
Since October 7, when Israeli citizens were killed, kidnapped, raped and abused, Israeli military has wrecked havoc on the Gaza . With sadistic protest, “apparently “ in response to an Israeli military and political response, some Palestinian "students" and bad actors have disrupted peacefully and non peacefully on college campuses, have interfered with lectures and have physically attacked Jewish college students, Jewish professors and a University of Michigan Regent. It's logical to protest or question the Biden's administration's policies toward Israel .However, it's insane and anti semitic to sadistically direct hate toward peaceful American Jews. These deplorable scapegoated actions by a number of insecure, insignificant ,powerless subjects and their misled followers , against an unarmed but a more achieving productive favorable socio economic and moral group is associated with exploitative character tendencies . According to the ADL/Hillel Report 83 % of Jewish college students have experienced or witnessed some form of antisemitism since the 10/7 Hamas attacks. How are Jewish college students directly or indirectly responsible for Israeli government policies? How many Jews are harassing Palestinian college students or Arab mosques in our country ?
Hamas perpetuates the hate and victimization of the Palestinians for their own existence and not about the pursuit of independence. They initiate an attack on Israel and the mighty Israeli army severely retaliates against the terrorist group embedded in the "civilian" population, resulting in the destruction and deaths of children and others Thus, they have achieved their goal of perpetuating emotions of fear, hate and revenge against the more powerful.
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Murray, H. A. Explorations in Personality.
