Allison Is a Very Sweet, Intelligent, Amicable Person

question 152

Multiple Choice

Allison is a very sweet, intelligent, amicable person. However, Joe hears from her ex-boyfriend that she is hard to get along with and very snobby. According to research on the self-fulfilling prophecy, Joe acts in a(n) __________.

• A) neutral way toward Allison, even though he has heard bad things about her
• B) unfriendly way toward Allison, which in turn causes her to act in an unfriendly way toward Joe, causing Joe to believe that her ex-boyfriend was right about her
• C) unfriendly way toward Allison, yet he finds her to be very amicable and decides that her ex-boyfriend must not know her very well
• D) friendly way toward Allison, even though he has heard bad things about her, and finds her to be much friendlier than her ex-boyfriend said she was

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