A new babysitter is warned by a child's parents that their son is very aggressive and loud. As a result of this initial expectation, the babysitter behaves in such a way that these very behaviours are evoked from the child, thus confirming what the sitter was initially told. This example best demonstrates the phenomenon called:

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The self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when an individual's expectations about another person lead them to act in ways that cause the expected behavior to occur. In this case, the babysitter's expectations about the child's behavior lead to actions that evoke the aggressive and loud behavior.

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