Warfare was the most common and successful way in which the Incas were able to expand their empire.
The traditional instutions and values is based on people taking care of their ownselves in order to move toward the higher economic strata.
The new circumtances on the other hand, encourage people to help others in distributing their wealth so we as a whole society could move together to the higher economic strata.
I believe the answer is: <span>self-fulfilling prophecy
</span><span>self-fulfilling prophecy refers to the prediction that indirectly become true due to the influence of believe/behavior.
</span>In the scenario above, the speaker might have to consider whether the hostile attitude that he give to the other person is actually the reason why that person behave negatively and start to cut corners.
The wealth of these city-states were flourishing, and it is visible because of the infrastructure being built. Note that better infrastructure is an opportunity for better trade. Trade = wealth.