Carl Word and his colleagues found that white university students who were assumed to already hold prejudiced attitudes sat further away,conducted briefer interviews,and made more speech errors when interviewing black students.Which of the following constructs most readily explains the results from this study?

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Self-fulfilling prophecies refer to the phenomenon where a belief or expectation about a person or group can lead to behaviors that ultimately confirm that belief or expectation. In this case, the white students who were assumed to hold prejudiced attitudes likely acted in a way that confirmed the belief that they were prejudiced, by distancing themselves and conducting shorter interviews with the black students. The speech errors may also be a result of the students' anxiety or discomfort in the situation, which could have been influenced by their prejudiced attitudes.

Carl Word and His Colleagues Found That White University Students