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Heather's soccer coach believes she is not a good athlete and therefore yells at her constantly during practices. this makes her more likely to perform worse on the field. these behaviors demonstrate the concept of _____.

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This demonstrates the concept of the self fulfilling prophecy. It is when a person unintentionally causes a forecast to become accurate, due to the simple fact that he or she anticipates it to come true. In other words, anticipation about a subject, such as a person or event, can affect our performance towards that subject, which causes the expectation to be true.

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