Self-fulfilling prophecy: The term self-fulfilling prophecy was given by Merton and is defined as a "socio-psychological phenomenon" in which an individual expects or predicts about something and later on this expectation or prediction comes out to be true just because he or she believes it to happen and the outcome leads to fulfilling those beliefs.
Types:
1. Other-imposed prophecy.
2. Self-imposed prophecy.
In the question above, the statement signifies the self-fulfilling prophecy.
