Use this abstract to answer the following question: The purpose of the investigation was to determine the effectiveness of writing down goals, as well as displaying them, on performance. Sixty-two college student participants were randomly assigned to one of the following conditions: no goals, unwritten goals, written goals, or written and displayed goals. Participants performed a free-throw-shooting task, dribbling around cones, and layups for 2 min (Mikan drill) in a pretest-posttest design with posttesting occurring 3-4 wk after the initial testing. The Dependent variable was