You've heard that members of a certain fraternity or sorority are snobs. Whenever you see members of that fraternity or sorority, you look down and hurry past them
When they don't greet you, you say to yourself, "Just like I thought—they're all arrogant snobs." You have experienced a phenomenon known as
a. self-esteem enhancement.
b. irrational disparagement.
c. the self-fulfilling prophecy.
d. the motivated attribution error.
Answer: C
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