Barney, an admissions officer, is interviewing a college applicant about whom he has very high positive expectations. Barney is outgoing and cheerful during the interview, spends considerable time recruiting the applicant, and asks the applicant questions that solicit positive information. As a result, Barney is pleased with the applicant’s performance and admits her to the school. This interview process demonstrates an example of

a. the Hawthorne effect.

b. a self-fulfilling prophecy.

c. a contrast effect.

d. entrapment.

The answer is b. a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Explanation:

Self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that causes itself to be true due to the behavior which involves the act of predicting it by the believer.

It is also based on the ability of a person usually an interviewer to make evaluation of an individual by pre-noticing and interpreting outcomes before actually relating with the individual.

Barney already had the original assumption about the applicant validated and the interview confirmed it.

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