Attractive females are expected to be warm and friendly, and those females who are considered to be attractive are treated in such a manner that they indeed respond in warm and friendly ways. According to Snyder, Tanke, and Berscheid (1977), this effect is a type of
A) self-fulfilling prophecy.
B) accuracy moderator.
C) sex discrimination.
D) judgeability phenomena.

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This effect is a self-fulfilling prophecy because the expectation that attractive females should be warm and friendly leads to them being treated in a way that encourages such behavior, thus fulfilling the initial expectation.

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