You are going to a party where you do not really know anyone (but you have to go). You don't think that anyone is going to like you. At the party you keep mostly to yourself. When you leave, you think that they probably did not like you since no one talked to you. However, this could just reflect
A)self-monitoring
B)a self-fulfilling prophecy
C)a just world effect
D)a primacy effect
E)a self-serving bias

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This scenario is an example of a self-fulfilling prophecy, where your initial belief that no one will like you leads you to behave in a way that makes social interactions less likely (keeping to yourself), which in turn leads to the outcome you anticipated (believing no one liked you because no one talked to you).

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