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