A person suffering from anxiety predicts that he will make a fool of himself at a social gathering. And, in fact, he does. A psychologist predicts that students in his morning class invariably outperform those in his afternoon class and, in fact, they actually do exactly that. What do the anxious person and the psychologist have in common?

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Both the anxious person and the psychologist experienced a self-fulfilling prophecy, where their expectations influenced outcomes to align with those expectations.

A Person Suffering from Anxiety Predicts That He Will Make