People believe in many different superstitions and engage in all kinds of superstitious behaviours. Professional athletes and coaches are notoriously superstitious. Patrick Roy was perhaps the greatest goaltender the Montreal Canadiens ever had. During games he would talk to the goal posts, and touch them, expressing his gratitude to them when a puck was deflected. Before games, he would dress in his equipment in a very specific order and then, once on the ice, he would skate backward toward the net before turning around at the last second. Skinner thought superstitions resulted from the unintended reinforcement of inconsequential behaviour.
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