An Expectation That Comes True Because of the Tendency of the Person

question 190

Multiple Choice

An expectation that comes true because of the tendency of the person holding it to act in ways that bring it about is called:

• A) a self-fulfilling prophecy.
• B) an approach goal.
• C) a mastery goal.
• D) self-efficacy.

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Definitions:

Registered Republicans

Individuals who have officially registered their political affiliation with the Republican Party.

Registered Democrats

Individuals who are officially registered to vote as members of the Democratic Party in the United States.

Equal-variances T-test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two groups, assuming that both groups have the same variance.

Population Variances

Measures the degree to which each number in a set differs from the mean of the population, calculated as the average of the squared differences from the Mean.