Coach Smith is told one of his new players is a slacker and a trouble maker.The coach immediately treats that player in a dismissive manner and the player indeed turns out to be a marginal performer.This example shows the __________ effect.
A) Pygmalion
B) Golem
C) closure
D) projection

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The description matches the Golem effect, where low expectations or negative labeling result in poor performance or behavior by the person being judged. In this case, the coach's negative perception of the player affected how they treated and interacted with that player, which in turn affected the player's performance. The Pygmalion effect is the opposite - high expectations and positive labeling lead to better performance. Closure is the tendency to fill in gaps or complete incomplete information, and projection is the attribution of one's own thoughts or feelings onto another person. Neither of these concepts applies to the situation described in this question.

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