Hearing rumors about her new roommate, jamilla expects this roommate to be unfriendly and conceited. because of this expectation jamilla is not very warm or open. several weeks later jamilla finds that her roommate is unfriendly. this may be an example of:
a. romanticism
b. active listening
c. self-fulfilling prophecy
d. positive illusions

c. Self-fulfilling prophecy                                      

Explanation:

Self-fulfilling prophecy: In social psychology, the term self-fulfilling prophecy was proposed by Merton, and is defined as the phenomenon in which an individual believes, expects, or predicts something to happen and this expectation, and predictions results out to be true because he or she believed that it will happen and the resulting behavior of the person fulfills those beliefs.

Self-fulfilling prophecy is of two distinct types including:

1. Self-imposed prophecy.

2. Other-imposed prophecy.

In the question above, the given statement may be an example of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

hygrometers and hair thermometers (often found as part of hygrometers/psychrometers) can be used to measure humidity. barometers are used to measure atmospheric pressure, while anemometers are used to measure wind speed. so the 2nd and 4th choices should be the correct answers.