Mrs. patterson who mistakenly thinks cody is learning disabled begins to treat cody differently from others in her ap psychology class. mrs. patterson does not call on cody or help him with challenging material. as a result, cody's grades gradually decline. the result of this is an example of:
The result of this is an example of a self-fulfilling prophecy. This term refers to a prediction that turns out to be true. Somebody says something that may or may not be true at that particular moment, however, it suddenly becomes true or "fulfills" this "prophecy" at some point in time, which is what happened here.
