Topics of special interest to sports psychologists include which of the following?
a. control of attention
b. achievement motivation
c. athletic personality
d. all of these
D
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A. Ruth Bader Ginsburg B. Antonin Scalia. C. Neil Gorsuch D. Anthony Kennedy