Jenna believes that she doesn't have an aptitude for statistics, so doesn't put much effort into her statistics class. She performs poorly in the class, supporting her initial belief. This is an example of a (n) :

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Vance Berg

24 October, 08:46

Jenna believes that she doesn't have an aptitude for statistics, so doesn't put much effort into her statistics class. She performs poorly in the class, supporting her initial belief. This is an example of a (n) :

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Jacquelyn Cross · Answer 1

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Step-by-step explanation:

A self-fulfilling prophecy is the social and psychological phenomenon that, when exposed to a personal belief, a person will change its conduct or behaviour in order to confirm or make real that particular belief in order to avoid cognitive dissonance or the fact of being wrong.

Jenna believes she is bad in statistics. But that belief, which is not really or necessarily true, makes her change her behaviour and not study or abandon her effort to become better at statistics, which at the same time makes her perform badly in statistics in the future. This reinforcing loop maintains the belief and prophecy going in time.