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Efforts to influence opinion through diminishing expectations of one's performance or creating elevated expectations for an opponent

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expectations game

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Efforts to influence opinion through diminishing expectations of one's performance or creating elevated expectations for an opponent

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相手の能力やパフォーマンスに対する期待を意図的に操作する行為。具体的には、自分のパフォーマンスに対する期待を下げさせるか、または相手のパフォーマンスに対して過剰な期待をかけさせることで、意見や評価に影響を与えようとする戦術

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The campaign's expectations game aimed to lower voters' hopes for the incumbent while inflating those for the challenger.

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その選挙運動の期待の操作は、有権者の現職に対する期待を下げ、挑戦者に対する期待を高めることを目的としていた。

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Efforts to influence opinion through diminishing expectations of one's performance or creating elevated expectations for an opponent

"But at this point his team has fumbled the expectations game to the point where the governor will need to perform at a level well above anything we’ve seen from him to date if he wants to pull off the "W"."http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/28/the-debate-expectations-game.html

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