Recall that Mark Snyder and his colleagues (1977)provided men with photographs of either attractive women or unattractive women and told the men that their conversation partner was the woman in the photograph.They found that when independent raters evaluated the women's side of the conversation,women who were believed to be attractive actually behaved in a more confident,animated,and warm manner than did women who were believed to be unattractive.These results demonstrate that the ____ might explain why there is a kernel of truth to the "what is beautiful is good" stereotype.

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The self-fulfilling prophecy is the phenomenon that occurs when an initially false belief or expectation leads to its own confirmation or fulfillment. In this case, the belief that attractive women are more confident, animated, and warm led to the actual behavior of women conforming to this belief, demonstrating the power of the self-fulfilling prophecy.

Recall That Mark Snyder and His Colleagues (1977)provided Men with Photographs