Author Question: A pet phrase of sports announcers that refers to situations in which it seems a player can do no ... (Read 28 times)

TFauchery · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

A pet phrase of sports announcers that refers to situations in which it seems a player can do no wrong (a quarterback completing all his pass attempts in a half, or a basketball player making all his three point attempts in a quarter) is called:

a) superstition effect.
b) gambler's fallacy.
c) hot hand.
d) in with the Gods.

Question 2

The belief that after a run of bad luck a change is due to occur is called:

a) superstition effect.
b) gambler's fallacy.
c) hot hand.
d) an in with the Gods.