Jill is nervous about her biology test and says to her roommate, "This is stupid! I'm stupid! I'm going to fail." When Jill gets her test back a week later, she learns that she did, in fact, fail the test. Jill engaged in ____

A) mindreading
B) a self-fulfilling prophecy
C) an attribution
D) using a prototype
E) using a stereotype


B

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Fill in the blanks with correct word

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The _________________ result(s) in a tendency to regard all members of a particular group as much more similar to one another than they actually are

A) cultural biases we posses B) unexamined cultural identity C) outgroup homogeneity effect D) ingroup homogeneity effect

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Fill in the blank with correct word

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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