Allison Is a Very Sweet, Intelligent, Amicable Person

Allison is a very sweet, intelligent, amicable person. However, Joe hears from her ex-boyfriend that she is hard to get along with and very snobby. According to research on the self-fulfilling prophecy, Joe acts in a(n) __________.

A) neutral way toward Allison, even though he has heard bad things about her
B) unfriendly way toward Allison, which in turn causes her to act in an unfriendly way toward Joe, causing Joe to believe that her ex-boyfriend was right about her
C) unfriendly way toward Allison, yet he finds her to be very amicable and decides that her ex-boyfriend must not know her very well
D) friendly way toward Allison, even though he has heard bad things about her, and finds her to be much friendlier than her ex-boyfriend said she was