Renata wishes she could study abroad to improve her Spanish, but she’s afraid that her language abilities are so poor that she would only make a fool of herself. She decides not to study abroad and remains embarrassed of her Spanish. Explain how Renata’s own predictions reinforced her existing self-concept.
What will be an ideal response?
Renata’s decision not to study abroad to improve her Spanish represents a self-imposed self-fulfilling prophecy. She thinks her Spanish is too poor to study abroad, so she decides not to study abroad and thus does not improve her Spanish.
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