Question

this study was about how people think others perceive them. consider a scenario in which a person thinks they will make a bad impression because they “always say the wrong thing” and then that person does say something inappropriate in a conversation with someone they just met. in this example, the person has fallen prey to which of the following?
stereotyping
self - fulfilling prophecy
prejudice
schema

Explanation:

A self - fulfilling prophecy occurs when a person's expectation about themselves leads them to act in a way that makes the expectation come true. In this case, the person expects to say the wrong thing (expectation) and then actually says something inappropriate (behavior that fulfills the expectation). Stereotyping is about over - generalizing about a group. Prejudice is a negative attitude towards a group. A schema is a mental framework for organizing information.

Answer:

self - fulfilling prophecy