The Self-Help Program the Secret Assumes That Positive Thoughts Can

question 30

Multiple Choice

The self-help program The Secret assumes that positive thoughts can directly affect physical events in the universe to produce success and other positive outcomes. From a scientific perspective, the _____ is the most important objection to the ideas found in The Secret.

• A) emphasis on positive thinking
• B) endorsement of the program by Oprah Winfrey
• C) implausibility of the idea of the "law of attraction"
• D) fact that The Secret has received so much attention

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