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Unit 9 – Social Psychology
Topic 9.1
Which scenario best demonstrates the self-fulfilling prophecy?
A driver drives recklessly believing they can avoid accidents and does so without any crashes.
A student studies hard for an examination and ends up acing it against expectations.
A teacher expects a student tagged 'slow learner' to perform poorly and treats them as such, leading the student's performance to actually decline.
An athlete trains hard believing they will win a race and indeed wins it.
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