Question

Kerry and kristie's teacher accidentally got their test scores mixed up and mistakenly thought that kerry was the more intelligent of the two girls. at the end of the year, her records demonstrated that, indeed, kerry had gained more and performed at a higher level than kristie. this is best thought of as an example of:

Answer 1

This is an example of the self-fulfilling prophecy. This prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.