Question

Megan believed that she would fail her biology class because science has always been hard for her. During the course of the semester, Megan did not attend all her biology classes, did not take very many notes when she was in class, and barely studied for exams. At the end of the semester, Megan received a failing grade in biology. Megan's performance is an example of ___________.

Answer 1

This question lacks options, options are:

a. self-fulfilling prophecy.

b. having performance goals.

c. having mastery goals.

d. self-efficacy.

The correct answer is a.

Step-by-step explanation:

Self-fulfilling prophecy in psychology is a bias in perception through which we anticipate events and their consequences before they occur and with overwhelming assurance. Therefore, a positive or negative prophecy (a strong belief or a delusion), declared as true even if it is false, could influence a person enough so that his reactions fulfill that belief.

Answer 2

Self fulfilling prophecy

Step-by-step explanation:

Self fulfilling prophecy can be described as a thought that an individual has about a particular event. These different thoughts tends to affect the behaviour of the individual towards that particular situation. It causes them to have a type of fulfilled expectation towards that event.

In the scenario described above, Megan had the thought that she will fail her biology exam and as such she decided not to frequently attend classes. This resulted in her expectation of failing the biology exam to be fulfilled.