Study the example and choose the influence on perception. i knew it the first time i laid eyes on him. i said to myself, "now there's a person who will try to get away with as little work as possible." sure enough, when i gave him his first job, he cut corners. i ended up redoing the work myself. primacy--fulfilling prophecyimplicit personality theory

I believe the answer is: self-fulfilling prophecy
self-fulfilling prophecy refers to the prediction that indirectly become true due to the influence of believe/behavior.
In the scenario above, the speaker might have to consider whether the hostile attitude that he give to the other person is actually the reason why that person behave negatively and start to cut corners.