Social Psychology 9th Edition by David Myers

Exercise 68

Imagine you are approached by a large dog. You assume the dog is unfriendly, so you start screaming at it to go away. The dog assumes you want to hurt it, so it defends itself by biting your ankle. This is an example of a
A) self-fulfilling belief.
B) self-aggrandizing belief.
C) self-debilitating belief.
D) self-worth belief.