Question

Mr. Maxwell, an English teacher, thinks all students who play sports are lazy in class. This week, one of the football players didn't do his assignment, and Mr. Maxwell said, "See? He is lazy." This is an example of:
A. Social cognition
B. self-fulfilling prophecy
C. A schema
D. Self-esteem

Answer 1

The appropriate response is self-fulfilling prophecy. A self-fulfilling prophecy  is a forecast that straightforwardly or in a roundabout way makes itself turn out to be valid, by the very terms of the prediction itself, because of positive criticism amongst conviction and conduct.

Answer 2

B. Self-fulfilling prophecy.

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