Maria tried to learn to swim at a young age but gave up before succeeding. she carried the belief that she could not learn to swim into adulthood and labeled herself a nonswimmer. this is an example of

Maria’s belief of labelling herself as a non-swimmer is described as a self-fulfilling prophecy by which it is defined as a prediction that can either be directly or indirectly that causes a certain thing to become true because of the prophecy that one has made to itself by which it associates the belief and behavior of the person.

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the correct answer is "c": the pillars proclaimed his regret at the bloodshed at the battle of kalinga and his conversion to buddhism.

the kalinga war is considered as one of the largest battles in the history of india. it was fought between the between the maurya empire, which ruled the lands of what is now known as india at the time, and the independent feudal kingdom of kalinga.

the army of maurya empire, led by its king ashoka, fought a prolonged war against kalinga. the war ended around 262 bce with the victory of the maurya empire. it is believed that ashoka, after having witnessed the loss of many lives during this war, felt deep responsibility and eventually converted into buddhism.