The academic performance of Luis, a good student, dropped wh…

The academic performance of Luis, a good student, dropped when his parents divorced. He scored low in the IQ tests given by his teacher. As a result of his low scores, the teacher began to consider Luis lazy and unintelligent and paid no attention to him. This resulted in Luis losing interest in school; he stopped reading and doing homework and ultimately failed in class. Symbolic interactionists would most likely state that this scenario illustrates the concept of __________.