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Q What is the Matthew Effect? Explain how Gladwell uses the Matthew Effect to explain athletic success sociologically rather than individually? Can you apply the Matthew Effect to an analysis of your own life experience? Share an example of what you thought was an individual experience, behavior, achievement, or belief, and explain how you might now understand it as socially constructed rather than individually chosen or achieved.

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