Question

Kathy’s parents believe she will never be able to graduate from college. Kathy is actually doing well in college, but she knows her parents expect her to fail. She eventually gives up and drops out of school. This is consistent with
A) the self-fulfilling prophecy.
B) confirmation bias.
C) the fundamental attribution error.
D) self-regulatory attribution.

Answer 1

Answer:

A) the self-fulfilling prophecy.

Explanation:

Self-fulfilling prophecy: The term self-fulfilling prophecy is proposed by Merton. It is defined as one of the socio-psychological phenomenon that define an individual's capability of expecting or predicting about something and the expectation or prediction made by the individuals turn out to be true just because he or she believes that it will happen and the occurrence of the behavior will fulfill those beliefs.

Hence, the self-fulfilling prophecy defines that an individual's beliefs will influence hie or her actions.

Example: Bank failures in the Great Depression.

Types:

1. Self-imposed prophecy.

2. Other-imposed prophecy.