The "self-fulfilling prophecy" is the reason that many people

a. love doomsday predictions.
b. make a prophecy that they will fail their exams.
c. create a prophecy that they will succeed on their exams.
d. act in ways to make predictions of their own behavior or others' come true.


Answer: D

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