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Lesson Plan January 30, 2017

World Religions, Science, and Beliefs

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Resource 3: The Science Behind Miracles

  1. What does ‘a more primitive version of ourselves’ mean?
  2. What is a placebo effect?
  3. Summarize what happened with the weightlifters in the 2008 study. Did this surprise you?
  4. How does removing anxiety increase performance?
  5. What is headroom as described in the article?
  6. What are the results of the placebo effects compared to performance-improving drugs? Why is this important?
  7. What is the drug of champions?
  8. What are three important things you learned from this article?
  9. What question do you have?

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