The answer will be A. Harmful it says it in the definition.
Self-fulfilling prophecies- life is what you make of it. If you say you are going to do a bad job, you are going to. If you can't even believe you're trying hard, how are you going to act your work out? There isn't a point in working hard if you think everything you do is bad, chances are, you are going to do bad.
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Culture, or the beliefs of a group of people.