A young boy is an avid Blue Jays fan.He reads the statistics for the team in the newspaper every day and a couple of times each summer goes to see the Blue Jays play.After a particularly bad losing streak,the boy decides that he also likes the Yankees and starts to root for them.What is this an example of?

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This is an example of Cut Off Reflected Failure (CORFing), as the boy is distancing himself from his previously preferred team (the Blue Jays) due to their losing streak, and attaching himself to the successful team (the Yankees).

A Young Boy Is an Avid Blue Jays Fan