Rebecca Curtis and Kim Miller (1986)assigned participants at random to have a conversation.One member of each pair was told that the other person liked him or her.Participants who were provided with this information actually behaved in more likable ways,and their partners,too,behaved in pleasant ways.These findings demonstrate that _______ may explain the power of reciprocal liking.

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The experiment conducted by Rebecca Curtis and Kim Miller (1986) demonstrates the power of self-fulfilling prophecy, which occurs when a person's expectations about another's behavior leads them to elicit that desired behavior. In this case, a participant who believed that their partner liked them behaved in a more likable way, which, in turn, led their partner to behave pleasantly towards them. This cycle of positive behavior confirms the initial expectation and creates a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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