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A moment ago, we made this volunteer believe she's sunk a pair of blindfolded free throws.
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When earlier, with no blindfold, she missed ten in a row.
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How will she do her second time at the line, now that she thinks she nailed those blindfolded buckets?
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Oh, close! So close, so close, that's number one.
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All right, keep it going, keep it going. Oh!
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She's definitely getting closer, but no baskets yet.
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You got this, you got this, you got this.
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Ohhh, yes!
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All you!
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Oh, oh oh! Yes!
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Wow, by making her think she sank those blindfolded shots, and by cheering and giving her positive reinforcement, it's almost like we hacked her self-confidence and got her to believe more in her natural abilities.
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In fact, out of ten shots, this time around, she ended up making four.
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Quite an improvement!
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But what if one of our volunteers was already good at basketball?
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Woah, this guy's got game.
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He made a whopping nine shots from the line.
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Think there's anything we can do to make him worse?
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Ok, so let's have you take one shot. All right?
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- You think he can do it, guys? - No...
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All right Josh, let's give it a shot. Three, two, one...
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Not quite, not quite, but it's all right, let him try a second time.
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- It's a tough one, all right. - Wow. - Let's give it a shot Josh.
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All right, all right, well look, the man, the man is blind.
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Ok, let's go ahead and take off the blindfold.
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- So listen, it wasn't as easy as we thought, but let's have you do your ten throws again without the blindfold. - Okay.
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Just do your thing, nine out of ten, maybe ten out of ten.
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Okay, all right, let's see.
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You guys, uh, he's got his endgame on? (boos)
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Come on Josh, woah.
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All right Josh, you got this man, you got this.
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(boos)
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All right that's two.
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Remember, this guy made nine free throws earlier, but now, it looks like the crowd's negative reinforcement is throwing him off his game.
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(more boos)
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Wow, wow...