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big1devin

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Research suggests that when athletes who are preparing for a big game visualize themselves training really hard for the game, they ____; when they visualize themselves actually winning the game, they ____.
 
  a. tend to actually train less than usual and thus perform worse; in fact perform better
  b. tend to actually train less than usual and thus perform worse; also actually tend to perform worse
  c. tend to train harder than usual and thus perform better; in fact tend to perform worse
  d. tend to train harder than usual and thus perform better; also tend to perform a little better

Question 2

As discussed in the text, the sociologist Phil Kunz once performed a study in which he sent 578 Christmas cards to a sample of complete strangers living in Chicago, Illinois. What happened?
 
  a. Almost none of them sent him a card in return, since they didn't know who he was. However, a small but significant minority ( 8) were apparently very upset with the researcher.
  b. The vast majority of them ( 95) actually sent him a card in return or telephoned him to try to find out who he was.
  c. A significant minority of them ( 20) actually acted as though they knew who he was and sent him a card in return.
  d. Essentially, nothingalthough he did receive a handful of cards (three or four) from people who probably mistakenly thought they knew who he was.



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lindahyatt42

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C




big1devin

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


pangili4

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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