Balcetis set out to better understand why some people may actually see exercise as more

difficult while some see it as easier and how our mind's eye relates to this. Briefly describe

the first steps she took to explore this idea and her initial prediction. Was her prediction

correct?

Balcetis wanted to understand whether some people actually think that exercise is easier while some others believe it is objectively harder. She proposed that this was the case, but then went about and tested it. In the tests, she discovered that she was right. People who were out of shape or unmotivated tended to overestimate the difficulty of exercise, while the opposite was correct as well. She measured this both through experiments as well as surveys.