What is meant by the term self-fulfilling prophecy?

A. People are unable to judge their own abilities.
B. People tend to meet their own expectations.
C. People vote for politicians they think will help them.
D. People often choose friends who share their views.

Question

What is meant by the term self-fulfilling prophecy?

 		A.	People are unable to judge their own abilities.
 		B.	People tend to meet their own expectations.
 		C.	People vote for politicians they think will help them.
 		D.	People often choose friends who share their views.

anonymous · Answer

This is known as a self-fulfilling prophecy. A sociologist named Robert K. Merton created this term in 1948 to describe a false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior, which makes the originally false conception come true.

anonymous · Answer

(I can only answer two more questions, then I have to go) B