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Research in psychology suggests that many attractive people possess a number of positive characteristics. One explanation for this is that expectations cause individuals to act in ways that serve to make their expectations about attractive people come true. This is known as the _____.

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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The self-fulfilling prophecy refers to the phenomenon where someone expects something and this expectation becomes true simply because of the belief of it and because the behavior align to fulfill those expectations.

In this case, the research suggest that many attractive people possess some positive characteristics. However, this expectations can cause these individuals to behave in such manner that it aligns to these expected characteristics and therefore the expectations come true.

Thus, this is a clear example of the self-fulfilling prophecy.  

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