Parents warn a new babysitter that their son, Dennis, is very aggressive and mischievous. As a result of this initial expectation, the babysitter starts calling the child "Dennis the Menace" and he behaves in ways that elicit aggressive and mischievous behaviors from Dennis. This example best demonstrates the phenomenon called
A. self-serving bias.
B. social conditioning.
C. self-fulfilling prophecy.
D. fundamental attribution error.
Answer: C
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