Word,Zanna,and Cooper (1974)tested the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy as It Relates to Prejudice.They

Word,Zanna,and Cooper (1974) tested the self-fulfilling prophecy as it relates to prejudice.They observed the differential behaviours of Anglo-American interviewers who interviewed either African-American or Anglo-American job candidates.They then trained other interviewers to imitate these two different interview styles.When the new interviewers later interviewed Anglo-American job applicants,the applicants who were treated as African-Americans had been treated in the first study

A) became more convinced that their initial negative expectations were confirmed.
B) actually behaved in less effective and comfortable ways.
C) confronted the interviewers and terminated the conversation.
D) experienced a loss of self-esteem.
E) were in a negative mood state which lead to improved performance.

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