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theo

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When our expectations about another person lead us to treat him or her in ways that elicit the behavior we expect, this is known as
 
  a. confirmatory hypothesis testing
  b. the priming effect
  c. self-fulfilling prophecy
  d. the availability heuristic

Question 2

According to research on the self-fulfilling prophecy, when a person has an expectation about a target person that differs from the target's self-perception, whose beliefs will usually prevail?
 
  a. the perceiver's
  b. the target's
  c. it depends on whether the expectation is positive or negative
  d. it depends on the perceiver's certainty about the expectation



jaykayy05

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B



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