Parents Warn a New Babysitter That Their Child Is Very

Multiple Choice

Parents warn a new babysitter that their child is very aggressive and loud. As a result of this initial expectation, the babysitter behaves in such a way that these very behaviours are evoked from the child, thus confirming what the sitter was initially told. This example best demonstrates the phenomenon called ________.

A) the self-fulfilling prophecy
B) the self-serving bias
C) the fundamental attribution error
D) social loafing