Question

Psychologist Stephanie Maden conducted an experiment investigating parents’ expectations about their child’s alcohol use. Her study concluded that if parents’ believed their child would use alcohol, the child was more likely to do so.This can best be explained by which social psychological concept?

A) mere exposure effect

B) group polarization

C) attribution theory

D) fundamental attribution error

E) self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 1

Self-fulfilling prophecy. Self-fulfilling prophecies are beliefs that lead to fulfillment. Because the parents expected their children to use alcohol they were more inclined to do so.