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


D

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