Question

question 40 (1 point)
francine is a victim advocate and works at a company where they recently hired a
new boss. francine overhears her new boss say that \women are too emotional for a
lot of jobs.\ francine becomes nervous about what her boss thinks about her.

over the next few weeks, francines new boss gives her multiple things to do / work
on, purposely with very little time to complete them. this ultimately makes her work
suffer. now francines boss wants to speak to her about her \poor performance.\
based off of this information, what phenomenon best describes what is occurring
here?

social learning
just - world hypothesis
confirmation bias
self - fulfilling prophecy

Explanation:

1. Analyze each option:

• Social learning: Involves learning through observation, not relevant here.
• Just - world hypothesis: Belief that people get what they deserve, not matching the scenario.
• Confirmation bias: Seeking info to confirm existing beliefs, not applicable.
• Self - fulfilling prophecy: A belief leads to actions that make the belief come true. The boss believes women are too emotional (poor at jobs), acts (gives too much work with little time) to make Francine perform poorly, fulfilling the initial belief.

Answer:

D. self - fulfilling prophecy