If You Decide to Train for a Marathon, and After

question 6

Multiple Choice

If you decide to train for a marathon, and after completing the marathon, underestimate your level of fitness before you began training, which of the following theories best describes this misperception?

• A) Cognitive dissonance theories
• B) Implicit theory
• C) Self-categorization theories
• D) All of the above

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